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You're in big trouble, though, pal. I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast.

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You eat pieces of shit for breakfast?

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No.

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Welcome back to another episode of Breakfast of Champions. This is season one, episode six.

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This is our first remote location we've only ever been in the practice space, so I'm very excited.

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I'm your co-host, Renee Floyd, and I'm going to throw it to my other co-host and best friend, Parker.

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Hello. Good morning. Yeah, big time. We're getting out of the practice space. We're seeing the world.

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We're here with Kevin O'Malley, and we're at the Fort Worth Float Company. If you want to say hi to everybody, Kevin.

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Hi, I'm Kevin O'Malley.

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Welcome, Kevin. Thanks for having us here. This is a beautiful place. I've never been here before.

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I'm very excited to be on the podcast and be the new co-host. Thanks.

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He's coming for my job.

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I'm down for that. We could always add a third.

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Three co-hosts now.

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All right. I've eaten a lot of breakfast food with Kevin, but we'll get into that here in a little bit.

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And he's also rained down violence on me as well.

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Thank you for joining us. If you've never joined us before this podcast is about breakfast foods and violence,

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If you've got a comment for us, please give us a phone call at 682-294-0101.

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A hockey episode drop today. And if you listen to the very beginning of the episode, you will hear a special review from a very special guest.

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So if you have a review for us, if you'd like to tell us where we need to eat breakfast or have any ideas for us,

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once again, that phone number is 682-294-0101. We'd love to hear from you.

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All right. Jump into our breakfast food of the day.

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Sure. Looks very good. What do we got here, Parker?

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So this was suggested by hopefully a soon-to-be caller named the Baja Blaster.

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He found me in the real world to tell me that we should do Taco Bell breakfast, which I've never had Taco Bell breakfast.

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Nor I.

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What about you, Kevin? You had Taco Bell?

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I've had Taco Cabana, but not Taco Bell.

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Well, so we stopped this morning and I got us some breakfast crunch wraps with sausage, egg, and potato.

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It's like a hash brown patty in there. And it looks pretty delicious.

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So we're going to check that out today.

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We might do a continuing series on Taco Bell breakfast if this impresses us.

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And so we've been doing donut holes, but since we are living moss,

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we're going to go with the bell scale. So we'll do one through six rating this.

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And it'll be on things like taste, freshness because it's Taco Bell value.

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And like, would you go back and get this?

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Like, does it stand up to like a McGrittle, you know, something like that?

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So are you a how, how do the vegans get down with the Taco Bell?

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I know that there's a few items there.

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Yeah. Taco Bell is a lifesaver when you were a vegan on tour or traveling.

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I wanted to mention that because I knew like, yeah, it is sometimes it's hard to find places.

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Yeah. Kevin, you are a former vegan.

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Did you eat a lot of Taco Bell when you were vegan?

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No, I never really did. You know, also being kind of a picky eater.

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I never ate out a whole lot just made my own bullshit at home.

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That makes sense.

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That's always the way to go.

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But yeah, I was I'd get a my go to cheesy bean and rice 86 the cheese, add potatoes to it.

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That I add potatoes to everything on the Taco Bell menu.

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What? What a good secret.

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I don't think I've ever added potatoes to anything.

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I talk about that now that you've got black beans.

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So I'll do like a black bean chalupa supreme, no sour cream, no cheese and then add potatoes, sometimes rice to it.

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Dang. Yeah.

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So Taco Bell is normally like drunk food.

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Do you agree?

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Absolutely.

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Yeah.

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I I guilty pleasure at some times, but and I'm also not a big drinker.

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I'm not like hitting the bell at two or three in the morning because I'm usually asleep and not drunk.

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But I love Taco Bell.

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I've loved it since I was a kid.

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I'm excited to try it.

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I'm glad that you brought this up and I'm glad that the what was his name?

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Baja the Baja Blaster.

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He used to give us a call when he hears this.

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Man, we've got such a cool cast of characters that are coming together.

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If you heard the episode today, we got Manchomania calling in.

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We've got the Baja Blaster giving us suggestions and I heard there's somebody named Jean or something like that.

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Yeah, we'll see how this.

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I don't want to talk about.

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Oh, OK.

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We'll get into the gene later.

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But all right.

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Yeah.

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So who wants to go first?

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You want to Rochambo it or?

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I don't know, Kevin, you're the picky eater.

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I want your Kevin's going to go first.

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I'm going to describe what he's eating as he's eating it.

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So we've got a one, two, three, four, five, six sided.

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What is that a sex tagginal tortilla that looks like it is stuffed full of breakfast foods?

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What do you think it's defense budget is?

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Sorry.

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Oh, man.

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We won't go there.

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No plane parts in this place.

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So yeah.

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So it was grilled.

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There's a nice browning on the outside.

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There's warm.

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It's thick.

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I'd say it's probably about an inch and a half thick.

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It is probably about the size of a palm of the hand.

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So it's a good portion.

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It's not too small, not too big.

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You're not, you know, use your typical American size.

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I was expecting this to be quite huge.

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Kevin, you're a few bites.

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Initial thoughts, Kev.

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It's pretty good.

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I like it.

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You know, it's Taco Bell food and there's some orange stuff in here.

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I'm not sure what that is.

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That was probably like a spicy sauce of some sort, like a spicy mayonnaise or ranch, maybe.

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Cupid mayo.

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Well, Parker just took his bite and I'm dipping mine in some fire sauce.

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We've got an assortment of sauces here.

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I've never seen this avocado verde salsa packet that looks like it.

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Oh, yeah, it's see-through.

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It's not like the normal ones.

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You can actually see what's in there.

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You can see right through that package.

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Well, that actually looks nice.

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Okay, and then we've also got breakfast salsa.

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Oh, I didn't even know they had a breakfast salsa.

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Yeah.

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So I'm wondering if it's more of a look at the content.

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Probably.

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But yeah, here we go again is what's on mine.

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Mine says I'm just getting started.

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Speaking of which, I'm going to take a quick bite.

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Awesome.

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So yeah, it definitely feels like a, like a lower tier, like what a burger to keto, like

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the potatoes, egg and cheese or sausage, egg and cheese to keto from what a burger,

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but just wrapped in a creative manner.

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And they looks like they do the egg and the sausage patty and then the hash brown patty.

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I would reverse that if we're doing a crunch wrap, like you always have the, like the crispy

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part in the middle, I would totally put the potatoes in between the eggs and the sausage

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if it were me.

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I agree.

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It's not a whole lot of crunch so far in mind.

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Yeah.

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They lied about that crunch part.

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I think it could be a little bit crunchier.

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Granted, I did pick these up like 45 minutes ago.

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So they might, they might be a little bit crunchier fresh.

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Um, yeah, I was just taking a look at that sausage is quite great.

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It's quite great looking.

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The sausage is not appetizing to look at.

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Yeah.

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Taco Bell.

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I wonder what else you have on your menu because this is okay, but I think I'd like

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to see what else you have on your menu.

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I agree.

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That sauce is a little bit spicy and very orangey.

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It reminds me of, like you said, Cupid Mayo or something like that.

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It's okay.

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I was expecting more from you Taco Bell.

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All right, Kevin, how many on again, our grading sale is one out of six bells.

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Six is like, this is great.

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I'm going to eat it every morning.

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One is I will probably never eat this again.

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One on taste, freshness, value.

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This one in particular, I probably give it a three.

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You know, again, I'm kind of a picky eater and don't really like sauces or mayo especially.

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What about ketchup?

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If I put some ketchup on it, would it make it better?

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What about you shut up?

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Yeah.

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I also do not eat tomatoes in any form just so everybody knows and understands that and

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don't talk to me about it.

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But this, if it was a little fresher and didn't have the mayo, you know, it'd be a good thing

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to get.

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You know, if I'm hungry or just don't have a whole lot of time to pick up something better.

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So I would get it again under those circumstances.

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Okay.

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Well, that's fair.

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We got three bells there.

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Yeah.

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I, yeah, I was thinking two and a half or three bells.

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As far as value goes, like it's a pretty hearty thing.

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I think just eating this and like I'd be set.

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I wouldn't need something else.

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Taste.

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I'm not the best you can tell like they didn't go for the greatest ingredients.

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They did advertise all over the menu that it's cage free eggs.

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That's very interesting.

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Yeah.

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So, exactly.

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The sausage, you know, looks like it was, who knows what that is.

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And value.

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Yeah.

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You know, if there wasn't a better option, I was in the middle of nowhere and I was wanting

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some breakfast.

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This would, and I needed to rip it and grip it.

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This would be the one.

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So you said 2.5 or three?

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Oh, we'll go to defend it.

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If on this, let's go 2.5.

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Okay.

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I'm not going out of my way to get this again, but if I'm in the middle of nowhere, it'll

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do.

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I'm going to go to, I didn't, I didn't enjoy this at all.

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Um, probably, you know, like you said, it probably would be better, a little bit fresh

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off the griddle, but I see something like this and how simple the ingredients are.

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And I think how can you mess it up?

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Because you can make something like this at home and just do a little bit better job

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in my opinion.

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Exactly.

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And then you kind of, you want to make it yourself.

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You don't want to make, you don't want to grab something like this on the go and be

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like, oh, this is gourmet, but I will say I do like the simple thing.

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So it had that going for it.

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It's not too complicated.

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Yeah.

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Uh, I think if you left the mayo off and let us decide what sauce we want on it, I think

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we could probably kick it up a notch.

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I think the forcing of the sauce is not a good thing.

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No, I, I completely agree.

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I also wonder if maybe the bacon version is better or just a potato egg and cheese would

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be better because the sausage is the part that I've, yeah, much like shiplies.

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We might have to give this a second run.

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Yeah.

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Well, they've got a big breakfast menu, so I know we're a little doughnutted out here

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for taking a break.

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So maybe we'll T bell it.

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So we've got two, 2.5 and three.

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I think that makes the average a 2.5.

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Yeah.

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All right.

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All right.

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So Taco Bell, Baja Blaster, 2.5 out of six on the scale, six bells.

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I did buy a Baja Blaster for Kevin to enjoy while he eats this.

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I am enjoying this Baja Blaster.

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If you're not, six bells on the Baja Blaster.

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If you're not Blaster and you're not living moss, there's no sugar too.

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I like that.

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Nice.

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I am not a full sugar guy.

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All right.

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Well, I think a case closed on our first Taco Bell breakfast.

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We'll have to revisit in future episodes on some of the items.

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We're going to have to remote Taco Bell breakfast that.

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Yeah.

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We could go to the two story Taco Bell that doesn't actually have an open two story.

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What if we kissed on the second story of the Taco Bell?

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I have a feeling it's just storage, right?

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Yeah.

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I bet people have definitely kissed on that Taco Bell storage room.

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Speaking of that, I don't know if you saw this week or last week, I think it was.

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There's a lady that worked at a grocery store and they had one of those second story like

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fake living room type situations and she lived there successfully for over a year.

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Squatters rights.

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Yeah.

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Until some electricians were coming to fix a sign and they saw a long extension cord

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running up there and they found her little apartment up there.

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That sounds a lot like the room in a house I used to live in, which is where I met Kevin

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O'Malley.

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Perfect segue.

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Yeah.

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You set that up and you had no idea.

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I didn't.

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I was basically squatting in a room in this house and I ran an extension cord from the

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attic into my room to run all of my electronics.

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And that house was called the Wolf Den and that is where I met Kevin because a bunch

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of my friends lived there before I moved in.

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I think Kevin moved out right before I moved in.

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We never lived there at the same time.

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You know, another house I lived in, I met another one of my best friends there who is

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living on a hallway under some stairs.

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So I met two really good friends.

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That's amazing.

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You never know what you're going to find squatting or in a squatter you could find a best friend.

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Exactly.

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There's so many negative stories about squatters these days.

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We're here to bring the light and levity to squatter stories.

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You could find a best friend.

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You could find a rolling partner.

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Find a breakfast of champion in a squatter.

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It just takes a little bit of time and patience, I think.

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Yeah.

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I also paid my dues and I had skabies, so it was legit.

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Wow.

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Yeah.

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I had that at Atak Hugi Boogie Land.

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We did call it Hugi Boogie Land and I found Jeremy's childhood Star Wars collection in

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there one time.

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I had no idea about this.

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Yeah.

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It was when Jeremy and I lived there together.

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But yeah, so we'll go back to Wolfton and Jeremy.

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This place sounds magical.

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It was definitely, there's a lot of good memories tied to there.

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So yeah, so I met you there because a bunch of my friends lived in that house and you

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were the guy with the wrestling mats in the back room.

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That's how I met you.

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So I knew violence from first moment.

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But really, I think our true origin story is I used to do these VHS screenings with one

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of my buddies that lived with Kevin.

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And we did a hot dog, a veggie dog eating contest at this place called 1919 before one

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of our screenings.

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And I was like preparing for this.

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I was so ready.

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And I, you know, Kevin shows up like literally right before we're about to start, sits down

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across the table from me and just starts housing veggie dogs.

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We got 10 minutes to eat as many veggie dogs as possible.

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And like, me and his friend like made a like trophy for the winner.

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It was super cool.

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I was super excited to grab it.

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And Kevin sitting across from me, just making intense eye contact the whole time, just fucking

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deep throat and veggie glizzies.

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Just one after the other, like a fucking machine, not blinking, like peering into my soul.

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And I get to, I think, number nine and I start gagging and I throw it up and we've got like

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30 seconds left.

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Kevin finishes his ninth hot dog, gets his 10th and I believe you finished your 10th

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hot dog as the timer went off.

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I think so.

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It's been a while, but yeah.

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You grab your trophy, you grab a hot dog for the road and you hop on your bike and you

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take off into the sunset.

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You don't stick around for the movie screening.

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You just collect your prize, hop on your bike, hot dog for the road after eating 10 hot dogs

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in 10 minutes.

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And then you're off again into the sunset.

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And I was like, who the fuck was that guy?

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I knew who you were, but we were not friends until that moment.

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And I was terrified of you and knew that we needed to become friends.

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You didn't really know me until that happened.

321
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Exactly.

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Were you squatting while this happened or this is before this?

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No, this, I think I was living in Hultum City at the time this happened.

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I was not, again, I had a bunch of friends who lived in the house with Kevin.

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So I got you.

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Kevin and I had met in passing, but this was our first real moment together.

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Speaking of hot dog eating contest, I just, as you were talking, Joey Chestnut, who many

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consider the Michael Jordan of hot dog eating contests.

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He is being banned from this year's real hot dog eating contest because he has signed,

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I guess a sponsorship agreement with a vegan hot dog company.

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Oh, which one?

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I don't know.

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Let me see here.

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Is it impossible?

335
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Yeah, it is impossible.

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Oh, that's huge.

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So impossible.

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Just released like the best vegan hot dog I've ever put in my mouth.

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Yeah, but no, no jokes aside, it is delicious and you, it tastes like you got it off a

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roller-grill at like a like 7-11.

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So they said because of his association with vegan ducks, he's no longer allowed to compete

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in and I think that was just an easy way to get him out of the way.

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I think that's how she wants that, that crown back.

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But yeah, so he signed an agreement with Impossible this year and Nathan's was like,

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mm-mm, see ya.

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Wow.

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So I thought that was very cool that you guys had a little veggie dog contest met each other

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and then just this week they ousted the Michael Jordan of hot dog eating contest just simply

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because he prefers a veggie dog.

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Well, Kevin is the Michael Jordan of Fort Worth veggie dog eating.

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That's what's up.

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As far as I know, there's no, hasn't been anybody else who's done what I did.

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As far as I know too.

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I also haven't paid attention.

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If you've eaten 11 veggie dogs in Fort Worth, Texas, we need to hear from you.

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Give us a call.

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And Kevin has the right to challenge for his crown back.

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We don't need proof if you say you did it.

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That's true.

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Because we have witnessed, many witnesses at the time.

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And there's videos floating around on the internet from 2011 when they started.

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I've got a question.

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Do you remember what you were screening?

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Yeah, it was the Wizard of Speed and Time.

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Wow.

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It was 1989.

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I could, that's very blurred.

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I love that you remember exactly what you were screening.

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This was 13 years ago.

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So Kevin, did you ever watch that?

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You still not seen that movie?

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Well, being that we had mutual friends and one of my roommates at the time was big in

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the movies.

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I think I did see it with him.

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Nice.

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Yeah.

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He's right.

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He's wrong.

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Yeah.

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No, that friend, I had never heard of this movie before we screened it.

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And yeah, it's really cool.

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I want to say it was like 1989.

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Definitely late 80s or early 90s.

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And it's all about this guy who was a like master visual effects artist and the guy like

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and he's doing all this cool like stop animation stuff.

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It's a cool movie.

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But yeah, that's that's what we screened after we ate hot dogs.

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I don't know why we chose veggie dogs for that movie, but we did a lot of cool stuff

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like that.

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Cool.

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Well, so that's how you and I met.

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And then was it after that that you move?

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You know, I moved out of that house and you moved in shortly after.

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And when I moved out, I was moving to China because I was going to be teaching over there.

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Okay.

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So yeah, we kind of like lost touch.

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And then I went to take a jiu jitsu class and here comes Kevin walking in for the next

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class.

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I'm going to turn to the owner of the place.

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I was like, Hey, is that Kevin O'Malley?

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And he's like, yeah.

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And I was like, so funny.

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Me and Kevin O'Malley were eating a whole bunch of veggie dogs and I tell him the story.

404
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And I think that now like it's kind of an ongoing joke because I've met guys at training

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jiu jitsu elsewhere and I'm like, Oh, hey, do you know Kevin?

406
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Oh, yeah.

407
00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:11,240
No, Kevin.

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He, uh, he's got the float company and, uh, yeah, hot dogs with it.

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And they're like, you're the hot dog dude.

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Oh my God.

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I've heard that story.

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So I've met guys in three different jiu jitsu gyms who have heard the hot dog story.

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Yeah.

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That story was actually told, told by the coach when I got my brown belt.

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That's amazing.

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Holy shit.

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And then like the meat telling the story is part of your brown belt.

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Yeah.

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That you're never going to forget it.

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It's always going to be associated with you too.

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And it's now going to be on the internet forever.

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So hot dogs and violence.

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Yeah.

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All right.

425
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All right.

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I love that.

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So I'll tell my part of the story.

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Yeah.

429
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Yeah.

430
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Let's hear that.

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I knew that contest was happening that day.

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And if I'm remembering right, it was around spring break and I was, um, in a, a life

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guard class, you know, training to be a life guard.

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And if you're familiar with Fort Worth, you know where Fairmont is, that's where we lived.

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So I rode my bike from there over to the LA fitness on seven street where I did all the

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swimming stuff I had to do.

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And I think I may have lifted weights too that day.

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Then we're on my bike all the way back and I really just wanted to eat a lot of hot dogs

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and I was really, really hungry.

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I hadn't really thought about winning it.

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I just wanted to eat something.

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I won.

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And that was it.

444
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Yeah.

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You burned a lot of calories that they got.

446
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Damn.

447
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That makes sense, especially if you rode your bike from West seventh over to Hemphill after

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working out and doing swimming stuff.

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That's probably four or five miles.

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Yeah.

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At least again, you were locked in a machine just housing hot dogs.

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So it makes so much more sense in that perspective.

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Yeah.

454
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All right.

455
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Do we want to jump into these like ice breaker questions?

456
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Yeah.

457
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If you'd like to, I just pulled them over just because I figured you guys would take it away

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with that hot dog story.

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But yeah, if you guys want to get into it, let's get into it.

460
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Get into it.

461
00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:07,520
So last time we had a guest, we talked about how sometimes the ice breakers or the lightning

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questions are like the inside the actor's studio.

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The best questions kind of come with quick responses, quick, just quick fun stuff.

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You kind of get a gauge into somebody's personality.

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So these don't have to be like super ornate long answers.

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They're just like fun questions.

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If you'd like to expound on them, feel free.

468
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The first one was already asked.

469
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So Parker, why don't you take it away with the second question?

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What's your typical breakfast like in the day to day?

471
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Usually I don't actually eat breakfast.

472
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All right.

473
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The podcast is over.

474
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Renee doesn't eat breakfast.

475
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Kevin doesn't eat breakfast.

476
00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:42,360
Sorry.

477
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I've been eating breakfast lately.

478
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What I do do though most mornings is I'll have coffee with MCT oil and protein powder.

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So I'm not too hungry.

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And most mornings I'm working out in some form or another.

481
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And that'll just hold me over until afterwards and I can eat some real food.

482
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I love that.

483
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MCT oil, is that coconut oil?

484
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Just concentrated form?

485
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I think it's made from coconut oil.

486
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Okay.

487
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I just want to, sometimes people don't know what stuff is.

488
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And I personally, I know kind of what it is, but I didn't know if, is that kind of lubing

489
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up the joints for working out or kind of?

490
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Not really.

491
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It's some healthy fats, so it helps you feel not too hungry.

492
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And from my understanding with the caffeine from the coffee, they kind of bind together

493
00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:33,640
and it releases the caffeine slower.

494
00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:38,040
So you don't get those jitters or crash at all, more consistent throughout the day.

495
00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:39,040
I like that.

496
00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:40,040
I didn't know.

497
00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:41,040
Benefits of MCT.

498
00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:44,080
Medium chain triglycerides is what it stands for.

499
00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:47,160
And yeah, so it's like a more sustained release of energy.

500
00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:53,240
And also, like if you're doing a low carb diet, if you're one of those people, it will,

501
00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:58,100
your body will use that fat as energy, especially if you haven't eaten overnight, it'll probably

502
00:23:58,100 --> 00:24:02,120
help with using it for energy besides just the caffeine.

503
00:24:02,120 --> 00:24:04,120
And I believe it also has some cognitive benefits.

504
00:24:04,120 --> 00:24:07,840
It's got like some omega-3 fatty acids and stuff in it.

505
00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:08,840
Very cool.

506
00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:12,280
I always kind of like to dig into that sort of thing.

507
00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:16,120
I like to give up my credibility all the time because I'm like, yeah, Joe Rogan says

508
00:24:16,120 --> 00:24:18,400
MCT oil, so I must know what that means.

509
00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:20,960
And then I hear somebody actually in real life taking it.

510
00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:22,560
I'm like, how does that benefit you in real life?

511
00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:27,040
Because I know what the internet says or whatever, but I really kind of want to give up my credibility

512
00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:31,360
when it comes to anything like nutrition related because I know Jack squat.

513
00:24:31,360 --> 00:24:33,440
Like, I went vegan for two years.

514
00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:37,280
And the very next year, I was just like, let's get all the meats.

515
00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:39,720
And then I just, I'll eat a bag of candy.

516
00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:40,720
Meat part.

517
00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:41,720
Yeah.

518
00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:43,720
So I'm very interested.

519
00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:48,160
Kevin, do you have an all time favorite breakfast cereal?

520
00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:50,160
Probably cinnamon toast crunch.

521
00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:51,160
Yeah.

522
00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:54,880
Especially now that I have kids and I can share it with them.

523
00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:57,840
We have a big fat box of that in my pantry right now.

524
00:24:57,840 --> 00:24:58,840
I'm loving it.

525
00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:01,080
This is a two for two guess going cinnamon toast.

526
00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:02,080
Yeah.

527
00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:04,960
I don't think we've had another answer besides cinnamon toast crunch.

528
00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:08,760
So what I like is when you find the good piece and then you flip it over and it's got all

529
00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:11,560
the sugar and cinnamon on that side.

530
00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:13,120
That is the best.

531
00:25:13,120 --> 00:25:14,120
I just thought about this.

532
00:25:14,120 --> 00:25:18,920
What if we made cinnamon toast crunch crispy bars like instead of rice crispy treats, we

533
00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:20,200
use cinnamon toast crunch?

534
00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:21,200
Yes.

535
00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:25,200
I actually, I saw a pancake mix other day at the store, those cinnamon toast crunch pancakes.

536
00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:26,200
Yeah.

537
00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:28,640
Is it just like the sugar cinnamon at the bottom mixed in with?

538
00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:32,080
I think it might have like actual pieces of cereal in the mix.

539
00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:33,400
I don't know if I were to make it.

540
00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:35,800
I would definitely have to add that to it.

541
00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:36,800
All right.

542
00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:37,800
Cool.

543
00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:38,800
Perfect.

544
00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:39,800
Perfect.

545
00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:44,400
I guess that makes cinnamon toast crunch the undisputed champion.

546
00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:45,400
Yes.

547
00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:46,400
A goat.

548
00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:50,880
If you could build the perfect breakfast sandwich, what would it consist of?

549
00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:54,080
Probably be pretty similar to what we had just had, but good.

550
00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:57,680
Either tortilla or bread.

551
00:25:57,680 --> 00:25:58,680
Okay.

552
00:25:58,680 --> 00:25:59,680
No.

553
00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:05,440
Just plain white bread or you're going to go with like a bagel or a bun or sourdough.

554
00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:07,080
Probably not too much focus on the bread.

555
00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:10,520
Not a bagel because it's too much, a little too much carbs.

556
00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:11,520
Yeah.

557
00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:12,520
A little chewy.

558
00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:13,520
Yeah.

559
00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:14,520
Yeah.

560
00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:19,800
Some scrambled eggs, maybe fried, good sausage.

561
00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:23,680
And I like the hash browns just a little crispier, a little more cooked.

562
00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:24,680
Yeah.

563
00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:25,680
Avocado too.

564
00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:26,680
We could have that on there.

565
00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:27,680
Yeah.

566
00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:29,840
No, I mean, the times that we've eaten breakfast together, you've always gotten a breakfast

567
00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:33,640
breeder that was basically that exact same thing with avocado on top and salsa to dip

568
00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:34,640
it in.

569
00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:35,640
Love that.

570
00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:37,920
Do you have any breakfast guilty pleasures?

571
00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:42,240
Like are you like one of those guys that's like, hmm, let me go get a honey bun from

572
00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:44,280
7-eleven or something like that.

573
00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:50,800
I've been eating a little more donuts lately and that is kind of you guys' fault because

574
00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:53,600
the reviewer of you makes me want donuts now.

575
00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:54,600
We apologize.

576
00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:55,600
Yeah.

577
00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:58,840
And especially with the kids being out of school, I guess I'm going to plug this app even though

578
00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:02,640
they don't know about me and I don't get shit from it, but there's an app called Tuga

579
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:03,640
to go.

580
00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:04,640
Dude.

581
00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:05,640
Yeah.

582
00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:06,640
Yeah.

583
00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:07,640
Plug away that app rules.

584
00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:09,280
Got a lot of cheap donuts from there.

585
00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:13,640
The thing is, you know, whatever they're, they made too much of or they're going to throw

586
00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:16,000
away, you buy real cheap on that app.

587
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,280
So you can get like a dozen donuts for $6 or whatever.

588
00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:21,600
I got a Tiff treats last week from there.

589
00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:24,920
I got 5.99 and they just loaded up this bag.

590
00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:29,600
I think they gave me like two dozen cookies and then like a corner of this like brownie

591
00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:31,200
brittle, brookie thing.

592
00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:32,200
I don't know.

593
00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:33,200
Good for them.

594
00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:35,200
Tuga is a great app.

595
00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:36,360
If you don't have that, download it.

596
00:27:36,360 --> 00:27:41,840
It'll show you in your area via location based services, kind of the restaurants that are

597
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:46,920
trying to do better by getting some of their food waste to you at a cheaper price.

598
00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:50,480
So that's a cool, that's, that's cool that you do that.

599
00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:52,360
I've seen a couple of different places.

600
00:27:52,360 --> 00:27:53,600
I know for sure.

601
00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:57,360
Shipley's is one of them that participates in Tuga to go.

602
00:27:57,360 --> 00:28:00,000
Doboy Donuts actually does too good to go.

603
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:05,640
If you're into fancy, fancy donuts, I've had Doboy a couple of times and another, he's

604
00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:06,720
down in Berluson now, right?

605
00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:07,720
I think.

606
00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:08,720
Yeah.

607
00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:12,400
He started off in Fort Worth, but yeah, too good to go to a great place.

608
00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:13,400
Great answer.

609
00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:14,400
Guilty pleasure, donuts.

610
00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:15,400
Don't, don't feel guilty.

611
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:16,400
Yeah.

612
00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:17,400
Okay.

613
00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:18,400
Be empowered.

614
00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:19,400
It's got the hole in the middle.

615
00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:20,400
So there's less guilt.

616
00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:22,400
If it didn't have that hole, you could feel guilty.

617
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,800
Good point.

618
00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:26,840
What's your favorite fast food breakfast?

619
00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:29,960
I know it's obviously not Taco Bell today.

620
00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:34,160
I used to at a school I worked at, there was a Taco Cabana on the way.

621
00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:38,240
So I'd stop there and usually get two burritos, just egg and potato.

622
00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:39,240
Awesome.

623
00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:40,400
Those are pretty good in the morning.

624
00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:44,320
Taco Cabana has some of the best tortillas in the world, I think.

625
00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:45,840
I think roses has better.

626
00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:49,400
Yeah, they're comparable, but yeah, I agree.

627
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:54,440
Roses is better quality, I think wise, but I think just the smell of Taco Cabana's tortillas

628
00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:58,000
kind of transports me to a more nostalgic place than a roses.

629
00:28:58,000 --> 00:28:59,000
I get that.

630
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:03,880
Do you have a favorite, maybe like chain breakfast restaurant like IHOP Waffle House or maybe

631
00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:07,480
even a cool local mom and pop spot you want to like let us in on?

632
00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:09,080
That would definitely be Old South.

633
00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:16,040
I've been going there since I was a kid and I remember my dad took me there before school

634
00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:20,240
sometimes and back then there was a bowling alley next door.

635
00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:24,760
So when we had enough time, we'd go eat breakfast there and then go bowl before school.

636
00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:27,080
That's an awesome memory.

637
00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:28,640
Cool.

638
00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:30,680
These turkey bacon trash are delicious.

639
00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:31,680
Trash.

640
00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:32,680
Hell yes.

641
00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:33,680
Throw that shit away.

642
00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:36,200
It's just turkey strips.

643
00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:39,000
It's faking.

644
00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,640
Do you consider oatmeal peasant food?

645
00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:44,040
I haven't eaten oatmeal in a while, but I like it.

646
00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:46,640
You can put them in another, put a bunch of stuff in there.

647
00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:48,280
You can make it really good.

648
00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:54,280
I love just a plain oatmeal, just a little bit of salt and water and oats as it.

649
00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:56,680
I'll help you dig a nice poop either way.

650
00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:57,680
Exactly.

651
00:29:57,680 --> 00:29:59,400
I've had some overnight oats this past week.

652
00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:01,640
HB's got some prepared ones.

653
00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:05,440
I think they're like three bucks and they come with overnight oats and some almonds

654
00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:08,600
and you can choose either strawberries or blueberries with them.

655
00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:10,600
They're pretty good.

656
00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:11,600
Awesome.

657
00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:12,600
All right.

658
00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:14,960
What is your favorite Jean-Claude Van Damme movie?

659
00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:15,960
Definitely Bloodsport.

660
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:16,960
Yes.

661
00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:17,960
Two for two.

662
00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:20,560
I watched that with my kids recently and they both enjoyed it.

663
00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:21,560
I loved that.

664
00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:22,560
It's about time they saw it.

665
00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:23,560
Hell yeah.

666
00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:27,080
They're the perfect ages for that too.

667
00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:32,560
Do you have a worst injury that you've ever had, whether training for a fight, maybe a

668
00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:34,240
professional fight or even a street fight?

669
00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:36,320
Did you get injured at all?

670
00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:40,840
As long as I've been doing this, I've been lucky to not have many injuries.

671
00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:44,600
Really only two and the worst of the two was a separated shoulder.

672
00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:50,120
I was at a judo tournament and I just got thrown right on the point of my shoulder and

673
00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:54,000
not dislocated but separated.

674
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:56,360
Do you still feel remnants of that?

675
00:30:56,360 --> 00:31:03,880
There's definitely a lack of mobility but it's not painful at all anymore.

676
00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:07,520
What is your favorite fighting arcade game?

677
00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:10,120
Arcade, probably Mortal Kombat 2.

678
00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:11,120
Yes.

679
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:18,040
I have a good memory of there was a place next to Wet and Wild when it was called Wet

680
00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:19,040
and Wild.

681
00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:24,760
I don't remember the name of it but they had a bunch of other rides and big arcade and

682
00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:29,760
I saw right after Mortal Kombat 2 came out, a bunch of people crowded around watching

683
00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:33,520
these two people play who knew all the fatalities.

684
00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:36,600
That imprinted on my mind because of that.

685
00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:40,440
It's like that movie The Wizard with Mario 3.

686
00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:42,680
Kind of like that but Mortal Kombat 2.

687
00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:45,360
What a time to be alive to see that.

688
00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,400
Everybody ganging up to watch.

689
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:49,560
Two guys go at it on Mortal Kombat.

690
00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:51,320
The Wizard's a good call.

691
00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:52,840
Jenny Lewis is in that movie.

692
00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:53,840
Yes she is.

693
00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:58,240
Were you a professional wrestling fan?

694
00:31:58,240 --> 00:31:59,240
Yes I was.

695
00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:03,240
What was your favorite wrestler or era or event maybe?

696
00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:05,520
Hulk Hogan was pretty much my hero growing up.

697
00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:06,520
Hulkster.

698
00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:07,520
Yeah brother.

699
00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:13,920
I was in the era of Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior, Undertaker, Roddy Roddy Piper, Andre the

700
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:20,480
Giant which probably just because I was in it I think that's the best era of WWE, WWF

701
00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:21,480
wrestling.

702
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:22,480
Me too.

703
00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:23,480
Showtime.

704
00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:25,400
I'm always remembered.

705
00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:30,080
Anytime someone brings up Hulk Hogan they just that clip of Booker T accidentally saying

706
00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:31,080
the end word.

707
00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:33,880
It's like Hulk Hogan I'm coming for you.

708
00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:37,720
The leg is like it's okay baby.

709
00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:39,920
Yeah I love that answer.

710
00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:40,920
Great.

711
00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:44,040
Ultimate Warrior is definitely my favorite wrestler maybe of all time.

712
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:45,960
I'm a Moncho Maniac fan.

713
00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:48,160
Moncho Maniac too.

714
00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:50,480
All right.

715
00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:51,880
Thoughts on trash talking while fighting.

716
00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:54,920
Are there any rules when it comes to that?

717
00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:58,160
You know as far as sportsmanship and respect goes.

718
00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:01,760
We're talking about like professional fighting or street fighting or what?

719
00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:03,040
I would say professional fighting.

720
00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:05,120
There's no rules in street fighting obviously.

721
00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:08,880
So is this in the match or before the match?

722
00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:09,880
We can go both.

723
00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:15,240
Like let's say you're doing a jujitsu match and are you guys in each other's ear like

724
00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:18,640
talking shit to each other while you're rolling around?

725
00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:24,000
I think either one before or during a match it can be a valid strategy for getting in

726
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:27,320
the other guy's head and just distracting them.

727
00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:31,840
I wouldn't myself because I'm probably just going to be too focused on the match.

728
00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:35,800
You whispered some pretty heinous things in my ear while you've been choking me out.

729
00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:38,800
Yeah but that's you in this drill.

730
00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:43,680
But if it's an easy enough match in a real competition I might just have the mental capacity

731
00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:44,680
to do that.

732
00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:45,680
Okay.

733
00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:50,520
I don't know if it's good because I don't know how necessary it is and just not how

734
00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:52,480
I am personally.

735
00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:56,640
But I don't think it's wrong or bad or anything.

736
00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:58,720
We always kind of give the caveat on this one.

737
00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:04,320
The thought on that is just kind of like the Ryan Garcia lead up to that as far as like

738
00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:08,520
and also just like wives and kids and that sort of thing.

739
00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:12,560
Like we kind of just I had a theory that you know if you've got wives and kids you kind

740
00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:16,160
of stay away from that sort of thing but if you don't have that you kind of lead into

741
00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:19,080
that sort of thing as a way to kind of get into somebody's head.

742
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:22,440
As a subject matter I guess if you have those you don't do it.

743
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:25,040
Yeah I agree.

744
00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:31,520
Let's see here what is your favorite movie show or anime training montage.

745
00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:34,160
So we always kind of give examples.

746
00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:38,880
Easy one is Rocky running up the stairs or.

747
00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:40,640
Yeah that was a good one.

748
00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:46,440
Not really a fighting movie but I think one of the best training montages is from Hot

749
00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:47,440
Rod.

750
00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:48,800
Oh yes classic.

751
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:49,800
Great answer.

752
00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:53,560
I was not expecting that great answer.

753
00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:56,120
That was a great answer.

754
00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:58,160
So you've had a couple of fights.

755
00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:02,600
Did you have a walk on song when you had your fights.

756
00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:07,680
You have done two professional jiu-jitsu matches which both went terribly for me but for the

757
00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:14,600
walk on song the first one I had a friend of mine who was a musician I think he still

758
00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:16,480
is at the time.

759
00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:22,080
He paid me to have one of his songs play and then the second one I had the imperial march

760
00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:23,080
play.

761
00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:24,080
Yes.

762
00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:28,640
I'd be scared shitless if somebody came out of the imperial march because I'm like back

763
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:32,960
in black or like something crazy rock and roll and then obviously you're doing.

764
00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:38,520
The guy who beat me pretty fast he complimented me on it.

765
00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:42,200
At least he recognized that.

766
00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:44,400
Then finally let's see here.

767
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:49,360
Do you have maybe a favorite fighter that has a walk on song that you really like or

768
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:52,960
just like maybe your favorite walk out song that you can remember.

769
00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:56,080
I really don't watch much MMA so I couldn't answer that.

770
00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:57,080
Okay no problem.

771
00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:58,400
What about professional wrestler.

772
00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:03,360
It's been so long since I really watched any matches besides the recent WrestleMania so

773
00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:06,440
I couldn't say any songs that have playing.

774
00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:07,440
Cool.

775
00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:11,800
Well that has been our lightning round slash icebreaker questions so I guess we'll just

776
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:17,040
kind of like get into talking with you and hearing all about you.

777
00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:23,040
So tell us a little bit about like did you play sports growing up kind of like your introduction

778
00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:25,040
to like martial arts.

779
00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:28,920
So I know I played at least one season of soccer.

780
00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:36,400
I didn't really like it but being as a kid I was really into professional wrestling and

781
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:41,200
I think that is why my parents put me in judo when I was pretty young probably seven or

782
00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:46,920
eight years old and we also had a few kids and friends in the neighborhood who were doing

783
00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:48,920
it.

784
00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:55,480
That got me into judo and then I did it for probably four or five years before I just

785
00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:59,280
kind of got to be a fat lazy teenager.

786
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:02,160
Stopped for a while and then got back into it in college.

787
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:03,160
Okay.

788
00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:05,280
Was that here in Fort Worth that you started training judo?

789
00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:06,280
Yeah.

790
00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:07,280
Fort Worth judo.

791
00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:09,960
And that was it in the same location that's still in?

792
00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:12,440
They've been in a few locations since then.

793
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:17,280
This at the time was at the I don't know if it's still there anymore but Fit for Life

794
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:18,280
on Bryan Irvin.

795
00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:19,280
Okay.

796
00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:23,560
Well they just had a room there and then they've moved several times in between then

797
00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:24,880
and their current location.

798
00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:25,880
Okay.

799
00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:26,880
Cool.

800
00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:29,360
Were there many judo schools growing up around here?

801
00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:31,320
Because I'm not from around here.

802
00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:36,400
There was Fort Worth judo and then I think a couple in the mid cities like Hurst or Bedford.

803
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:41,520
I always kind of wonder about that sort of thing just because it's so prevalent now

804
00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:46,920
you know rock and see somebody's MMA gym but back when we were growing up I was just reminded

805
00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:50,280
of this we were talking movies say anything you remember that movie?

806
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,040
Yeah I do.

807
00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:56,600
How big John Cusack was into kickboxing in that movie and how that was such kind of his

808
00:37:56,600 --> 00:38:01,480
like his jam and I was just thinking about that in the 80s how like that was the trope

809
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:05,160
of like thinking this guy was like not serious or crazy because he was in the kickboxing

810
00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:10,360
or martial arts or whatever but like yeah growing up I was just always wondering about

811
00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:11,360
access to schools.

812
00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:12,360
Yeah.

813
00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:17,080
Taekwondo was huge growing up like 80s and 90s Taekwondo was everywhere.

814
00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:18,880
Yeah Taekwondo and karate.

815
00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:19,880
Yeah.

816
00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:23,800
And there's still not a whole lot of judo schools because for a variety of reasons but

817
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:24,800
jiu-jitsu is everywhere.

818
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:26,960
Yeah jiu-jitsu is blowing up.

819
00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:32,800
So judo is mainly Brazil and Russia yeah like as far as like concentrated international

820
00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:34,800
like powerhouses.

821
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:41,840
Yeah Russia is very good Brazil too Japan of course and South Korea is also very strong.

822
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:42,840
Interesting.

823
00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:43,960
Okay cool.

824
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:51,360
So you got back into judo in college and I guess you took it pretty seriously because

825
00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:54,120
you are a black belt in judo if I'm not mistaken.

826
00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:55,120
Yes I am.

827
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:58,760
So how long did it take you from when you got back into judo until you got your black

828
00:38:58,760 --> 00:38:59,760
belt.

829
00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:06,880
I think it was like four and a half or five years and I think now it might be might take

830
00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:11,840
people a little bit longer but at the time I was completely obsessed with it you know

831
00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:16,920
there was a time when I was training six days a week so it could have been a little accelerated

832
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:18,520
for me compared to other people.

833
00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:22,200
Okay how many hours a day were you training during that period.

834
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:27,080
For practice probably an hour and a half or two hours and then running and weightlifting

835
00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:28,720
outside of that.

836
00:39:28,720 --> 00:39:30,360
You're dedicated.

837
00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:34,880
I had big dreams that of course didn't happen of going to the Olympics or at least doing

838
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:36,280
something bigger with it.

839
00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:39,840
You know that would have been awesome if you were made the Olympics.

840
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:42,440
Did you do any like judo competitions.

841
00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:45,120
I was competing constantly during that time.

842
00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:47,360
What was your record if you remember.

843
00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:48,360
I don't remember.

844
00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:55,080
You know I would win some matches in local tournaments nothing very big or as big as

845
00:39:55,080 --> 00:40:01,200
I wanted but I wanted one or two matches that what's called a E level tournament which

846
00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:03,720
you can get national rankings for.

847
00:40:03,720 --> 00:40:06,720
And you know there's like EDCBA.

848
00:40:06,720 --> 00:40:13,520
A is like the biggest international tournaments but it was still bigger than the local non

849
00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:16,720
points tournaments so I felt pretty good about when you won or two there.

850
00:40:16,720 --> 00:40:20,160
Did you get to travel at all doing judo.

851
00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:26,160
Yeah went to a few camps around the country and several trips to Japan to train.

852
00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:28,160
That's amazing I loved Japan I've been once.

853
00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:29,760
Oh yeah that's my favorite place.

854
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:32,760
I've never been I want to go so bad.

855
00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:34,360
That's so cool.

856
00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:38,560
So you said you had traveled a little bit done some judo at the same time where you

857
00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:42,960
also training anything else or were you just solely focused and obsessed with judo.

858
00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:43,960
Just judo.

859
00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:48,040
Yeah and so you got your black belt about what year did you get your black belt.

860
00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:49,840
That was 2006.

861
00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:55,440
Okay wow so when I met you you already had a you'd had a black belt for a couple years

862
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:56,440
at that point.

863
00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:57,440
Yeah I've had.

864
00:40:57,440 --> 00:40:59,920
I mean again like I said at the beginning when I first met you you were the guy who

865
00:40:59,920 --> 00:41:04,080
lived in like the back room with the wrestling mats on the floor like hey you want to go

866
00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:07,560
like Kevin throw you around his room.

867
00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:12,360
Like the lore around you before I got to know you I mean it's even better now but at that

868
00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:15,600
point you were a very mysterious guy with the wrestling mats that would throw you across

869
00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:17,520
the room because you were a black belt.

870
00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:23,000
Yeah this house we lived in I kind of had the back section and it used to be a duplex

871
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:28,120
so like the main room I turned into the little dojo and then there was a kitchen to the side

872
00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:30,400
of it that I turned into my bedroom.

873
00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:32,200
Gotta get those throws on.

874
00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:37,840
So about 2006 what year did you start getting into jujitsu?

875
00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:46,480
I've been doing it a little bit at that same time to just supplement judo but I really

876
00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:52,800
got serious with it in 2012 when I moved back here but I was doing it a little bit when

877
00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:55,280
I lived in Beijing and Shanghai.

878
00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:58,640
What's the jujitsu scene like over there?

879
00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:00,720
It was pretty big.

880
00:42:00,720 --> 00:42:07,920
In Beijing it was more or pretty much all Chinese residents and then Shanghai being more international

881
00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:12,120
there were a lot of foreigners at the trainings there.

882
00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:17,840
But at the time you know this was also 12 years ago I think there was none of the instructors

883
00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:22,400
where I went were black belts yeah they're all just brown belts but of course I'm sure

884
00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:27,520
they've got tons of black belts now and bigger instructors.

885
00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:38,800
That's really cool awesome so that was like 2010, 2011 when you were training over there?

886
00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:42,920
I moved there in I think 2012 and came back in 2013.

887
00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:50,040
So 2012 started in jujitsu and then you're a black belt in jujitsu now correct?

888
00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:52,040
Yes I am.

889
00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:54,360
Then when did you get your black belt?

890
00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:56,760
That was just about three years ago now.

891
00:42:56,760 --> 00:43:01,080
So like 2021 and where did you get your black belt from in jujitsu?

892
00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:06,680
I got that from a gym called Zombie Crew which unfortunately is no longer open but the instructor

893
00:43:06,680 --> 00:43:09,760
was George Perez and he's still around still friends.

894
00:43:09,760 --> 00:43:14,040
That's awesome yeah that place was really cool they did a lot of cool stuff.

895
00:43:14,040 --> 00:43:15,640
Do you train now?

896
00:43:15,640 --> 00:43:22,920
I do more judo this summer especially because I'm taking my kid here Calvin.

897
00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:25,360
Say hi Calvin.

898
00:43:25,360 --> 00:43:29,400
But a couple times a week I'll just go to my friends gym early in the mornings we'll

899
00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:30,960
get a bunch of rounds in.

900
00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:32,960
I love that.

901
00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:40,400
I, man getting judo thrown especially when you're doing jujitsu is like the most jarring

902
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:41,400
thing.

903
00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:46,760
One of my least favorite things is getting thrown across the mat in a judo form so the

904
00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:48,600
fact that you train that regularly.

905
00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:54,520
Yeah it's hard on the body and you know not doing it for a while being more focused on

906
00:43:54,520 --> 00:44:00,520
jujitsu I kind of fell out of practice but since we've been doing more judo again my

907
00:44:00,520 --> 00:44:05,400
body's kind of adapting back to it so just kind of have to keep up with it and not fall

908
00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:06,960
out of it.

909
00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:07,960
Awesome.

910
00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:12,600
So for both jujitsu and judo what's been like the hardest part for either one of those

911
00:44:12,600 --> 00:44:13,600
for you?

912
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:16,040
As far as what?

913
00:44:16,040 --> 00:44:19,920
Just like getting your black belts in there like besides like the repetitions and the

914
00:44:19,920 --> 00:44:24,200
time was there anything else that you found like exceptionally challenging during your

915
00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:26,760
training?

916
00:44:26,760 --> 00:44:31,760
I'll probably differ from a lot of people from this you know whenever you can see those

917
00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:36,640
black belt speeches or posts they always talk about the blood sweat and tears of it all

918
00:44:36,640 --> 00:44:39,080
but I just thought it was always fun all the time.

919
00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:43,600
You know you'll get little injuries here and there and there may be frustrating competitions

920
00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:50,720
but the fun and benefit at all outweighs the bad stuff so much.

921
00:44:50,720 --> 00:44:55,080
So I thought it was just time and doing it was the hardest part but I don't think that's

922
00:44:55,080 --> 00:44:56,640
hard because it's fun.

923
00:44:56,640 --> 00:45:00,320
Do you think that there's any excuse me do you think that there's any professionals that

924
00:45:00,320 --> 00:45:06,000
you like look up to as far as like judo is concerned or even in jujitsu that you saw that

925
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:09,720
you kind of wanted to model like maybe some training styles after?

926
00:45:09,720 --> 00:45:17,360
Yeah some similar body types and guys I just liked a lot which I haven't watched much professional

927
00:45:17,360 --> 00:45:22,520
judo in a while but one of my favorites was Kosei Inui.

928
00:45:22,520 --> 00:45:29,000
He's got a throw called Uchi Mata which is one of the coolest throws to see and do and

929
00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:35,840
he was just an expert at that beating other world level people with it like at Olympics

930
00:45:35,840 --> 00:45:38,120
and World Championships.

931
00:45:38,120 --> 00:45:46,360
He's since retired because it's been a while since then but jujitsu for technique and also

932
00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:51,320
just presence and personality one of my favorites is Craig Jones.

933
00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:55,720
He's got a similar body type to me and he's just funny as hell so I like that.

934
00:45:55,720 --> 00:45:56,720
I love that.

935
00:45:56,720 --> 00:45:57,720
Yeah.

936
00:45:57,720 --> 00:46:04,960
I always wonder like he said who do you see yourself kind of similar to I think as dudes

937
00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:10,600
we tend to do that like we see who we match up with or who would be kind of in our weight

938
00:46:10,600 --> 00:46:14,760
class I think and so we're always kind of have that in the back of our mind even though

939
00:46:14,760 --> 00:46:17,160
we're not anywhere close to professional level.

940
00:46:17,160 --> 00:46:20,600
We're always thinking like who would you fight?

941
00:46:20,600 --> 00:46:22,600
Abraham Lincoln.

942
00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:23,600
Awesome.

943
00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:30,800
Is there going to kind of move on to some other aspects but is there any like judo or

944
00:46:30,800 --> 00:46:35,640
jujitsu stuff locally or anything you want to plug I'm going to kind of get into some

945
00:46:35,640 --> 00:46:38,840
other aspects of your life here in just a minute.

946
00:46:38,840 --> 00:46:44,840
Fort Worth judo you know I've been there since I was a kid and I'm getting back into it consistently

947
00:46:44,840 --> 00:46:51,240
now and also you know I train at my friends jam one dojo they have a really good homeschool

948
00:46:51,240 --> 00:46:52,240
program.

949
00:46:52,240 --> 00:46:53,400
Oh yeah.

950
00:46:53,400 --> 00:46:56,440
Also really just good teachers and instructors.

951
00:46:56,440 --> 00:46:58,480
It's my friend Wes and his wife Belle.

952
00:46:58,480 --> 00:47:02,160
Yeah if you're in Fort Worth definitely check them out the Fort Worth area.

953
00:47:02,160 --> 00:47:08,000
If you need any sort of judo training take Kevin's advice he is a black belt he's been

954
00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:11,560
doing it for quite some time so if you're in the Fort Worth area look up Fort Worth

955
00:47:11,560 --> 00:47:15,360
judo and see if you can get a class in see if it's up your alley.

956
00:47:15,360 --> 00:47:21,080
The head instructor Tommy Dyer who's an Olympic alternate I think in the 88 Olympics so he's

957
00:47:21,080 --> 00:47:23,080
about as good as you can find around here.

958
00:47:23,080 --> 00:47:24,080
Wow.

959
00:47:24,080 --> 00:47:26,840
I don't think you're going to find better so Fort Worth judo shout out to them and then

960
00:47:26,840 --> 00:47:28,680
you said one dojo.

961
00:47:28,680 --> 00:47:29,680
One dojo.

962
00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:33,560
Shout out one dojo you've told me a little bit about them and they have a really cool

963
00:47:33,560 --> 00:47:36,400
program everybody should go look them up on social media.

964
00:47:36,400 --> 00:47:42,600
Yeah and it's not just jiu-jitsu they've also got like movement therapy and dance classes

965
00:47:42,600 --> 00:47:49,160
and Belle who I think she's now working on her PhD in education she does a lot for kids

966
00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:56,720
with sensory issues or just having trouble like moving and things like that which she's

967
00:47:56,720 --> 00:47:59,680
had a lot of good success with her programs.

968
00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:06,400
They offer really cool much needed like training facility and forth that not a lot of places

969
00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:11,440
are going to cater to and have the dynamic that they have.

970
00:48:11,440 --> 00:48:12,440
Right.

971
00:48:12,440 --> 00:48:15,600
That's amazing I have not heard of that I'm going to look them up and give them a follow

972
00:48:15,600 --> 00:48:17,720
on socials if I can.

973
00:48:17,720 --> 00:48:24,120
You said movement and that sort of thing I see here that you are Kettlebell Mace battle

974
00:48:24,120 --> 00:48:26,000
rope on it certified is that correct?

975
00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:30,800
Yeah I used to do a lot of fitness work and went on it several times for a lot of their

976
00:48:30,800 --> 00:48:32,300
certifications.

977
00:48:32,300 --> 00:48:33,520
That's down in Austin is that right?

978
00:48:33,520 --> 00:48:34,520
Yes.

979
00:48:34,520 --> 00:48:35,520
Okay cool.

980
00:48:35,520 --> 00:48:36,520
How are those facilities?

981
00:48:36,520 --> 00:48:38,320
They've got an incredible gym there.

982
00:48:38,320 --> 00:48:43,440
You know they've got the gym part just you know they got members working out and also

983
00:48:43,440 --> 00:48:48,320
like the back part which is where they do all the classes and education things.

984
00:48:48,320 --> 00:48:50,560
So it's a pretty incredible facility.

985
00:48:50,560 --> 00:48:54,480
That's cool I've always kind of wanted to go and give that place a once over myself

986
00:48:54,480 --> 00:48:58,560
just because you know you hear about it all the time from different athletes and podcasts

987
00:48:58,560 --> 00:48:59,560
and that sort of thing.

988
00:48:59,560 --> 00:49:03,240
So to know somebody that's actually been there is very cool and quite jealous.

989
00:49:03,240 --> 00:49:05,040
So definitely recommend it.

990
00:49:05,040 --> 00:49:11,080
And so what which certifications do you have because you and I we used to do like a weekly

991
00:49:11,080 --> 00:49:16,160
I mean I say you and I just attended you're the one who was doing everything but weekly

992
00:49:16,160 --> 00:49:21,440
like Kettlebell Mace and battle rope workout in the park and I know you and I believe your

993
00:49:21,440 --> 00:49:23,360
wife are both certified correct?

994
00:49:23,360 --> 00:49:34,440
Yeah I've done the Kettlebell's battle ropes, Steel Mace, Steel Clubs and the foundations

995
00:49:34,440 --> 00:49:40,040
which is like the basics of all the other tools they use and then me and my wife or

996
00:49:40,040 --> 00:49:43,280
my wife did the Steel Mace certification with me.

997
00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:47,800
Awesome and if anyone listening to this is not familiar like Kettlebell's are pretty

998
00:49:47,800 --> 00:49:49,360
like household name at this point.

999
00:49:49,360 --> 00:49:53,840
I think Steel Maces are getting more popular they're definitely more popular now than they

1000
00:49:53,840 --> 00:49:57,680
were when I got into them like 12 years ago.

1001
00:49:57,680 --> 00:50:04,080
But it's a literally just like a ball on the end of a pole that you swing around and it's

1002
00:50:04,080 --> 00:50:11,320
just a great workout and you can get different sizes and yeah Kevin showed me like how to

1003
00:50:11,320 --> 00:50:12,720
properly swing a Mace around.

1004
00:50:12,720 --> 00:50:18,000
I'd had one for years and he corrected my form and yeah it was awesome battle ropes.

1005
00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:22,600
If you're not familiar with those again it's a big rope and there's some different exercises

1006
00:50:22,600 --> 00:50:23,600
you can do.

1007
00:50:23,600 --> 00:50:28,320
I was not super familiar and again Kevin helped me like kind of fix my form and really get

1008
00:50:28,320 --> 00:50:30,760
the most out of using battle ropes.

1009
00:50:30,760 --> 00:50:31,760
That's true.

1010
00:50:31,760 --> 00:50:33,280
Yeah my form was trashed.

1011
00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:39,000
I think that's a great thing to talk about as far as like those particular tools for

1012
00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:43,120
getting fit is that if you don't have somebody that actually knows how to do that sort of

1013
00:50:43,120 --> 00:50:46,680
thing you can hurt yourself really quickly with Kettlebell's and Mace and that sort of

1014
00:50:46,680 --> 00:50:47,680
thing.

1015
00:50:47,680 --> 00:50:52,280
If you'd like to know more about that I'm sure Kevin can help you out with that.

1016
00:50:52,280 --> 00:50:54,640
Kettlebell, Mace, battle rope, anything like that.

1017
00:50:54,640 --> 00:50:55,640
Sure.

1018
00:50:55,640 --> 00:50:59,840
I don't really teach any fitness classes anymore but I'm always happy to help or answer

1019
00:50:59,840 --> 00:51:01,000
questions however I can.

1020
00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:04,400
I'm constantly texting Kevin like a video of me doing Kettlebell swings.

1021
00:51:04,400 --> 00:51:06,200
He's like, gotta push your hips up more.

1022
00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:07,200
You gotta do this.

1023
00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:08,200
Like he...

1024
00:51:08,200 --> 00:51:09,200
Also put some shorts on.

1025
00:51:09,200 --> 00:51:10,200
I don't need your pants off.

1026
00:51:10,200 --> 00:51:11,200
Yeah.

1027
00:51:11,200 --> 00:51:12,200
Yeah.

1028
00:51:12,200 --> 00:51:14,200
Kevin was like, why are you so clothed?

1029
00:51:14,200 --> 00:51:17,200
I'm like I'm just wearing shorts and he's like that's too much clothing.

1030
00:51:17,200 --> 00:51:25,840
But no, Kevin has given me wonderful pointers on getting better at all of that stuff.

1031
00:51:25,840 --> 00:51:27,920
So yeah, super knowledgeable in that.

1032
00:51:27,920 --> 00:51:35,440
And then I guess so along with doing the Kettlebell stuff and that's again something

1033
00:51:35,440 --> 00:51:38,520
that I kind of met you through.

1034
00:51:38,520 --> 00:51:40,720
We did an on it trip one time to the warehouse.

1035
00:51:40,720 --> 00:51:46,200
We drove down overnight to buy some Maces and Kettlebells and stuff at super discounted

1036
00:51:46,200 --> 00:51:47,200
prices.

1037
00:51:47,200 --> 00:51:48,800
It was awesome.

1038
00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:53,640
But you also have the Fort Worth Float Company, which is where we are sitting right now.

1039
00:51:53,640 --> 00:51:55,600
We've been recording this podcast live.

1040
00:51:55,600 --> 00:51:57,280
Well, not live.

1041
00:51:57,280 --> 00:52:01,760
You're not listening to a live but we are live at the Fort Worth Float Company, which

1042
00:52:01,760 --> 00:52:05,360
is Kevin's business.

1043
00:52:05,360 --> 00:52:08,360
Tell us like kind of tell us what the float company is.

1044
00:52:08,360 --> 00:52:09,720
What do you do here?

1045
00:52:09,720 --> 00:52:15,000
So mainly the main service we offer is sensor deprivation tanks.

1046
00:52:15,000 --> 00:52:19,040
I've got three of them and also a sauna and a cold plunge.

1047
00:52:19,040 --> 00:52:22,760
So all are really good for physical recovery.

1048
00:52:22,760 --> 00:52:27,640
And then the float tanks have a lot of mental benefits as well, especially these days.

1049
00:52:27,640 --> 00:52:31,560
We're all stressed and so busy.

1050
00:52:31,560 --> 00:52:35,520
I have too much sensory feedback all the time.

1051
00:52:35,520 --> 00:52:41,200
And it's just an opportunity to turn your brain off for a while.

1052
00:52:41,200 --> 00:52:46,200
Just get a serious mental and physical reset.

1053
00:52:46,200 --> 00:52:49,080
So Renee, have you ever been in a?

1054
00:52:49,080 --> 00:52:51,080
I have never been.

1055
00:52:51,080 --> 00:52:52,080
Okay.

1056
00:52:52,080 --> 00:52:55,640
So I've done it quite a few times.

1057
00:52:55,640 --> 00:53:00,960
But for Renee and for people listening who don't know what a float tank is kind of describe

1058
00:53:00,960 --> 00:53:03,440
like what it looks like, how it works.

1059
00:53:03,440 --> 00:53:06,560
I mean, you don't have to pull back the curtain entirely.

1060
00:53:06,560 --> 00:53:09,560
But you know, just for people who may have never heard of this or have heard about it

1061
00:53:09,560 --> 00:53:12,840
and passing from like a Simpsons episode or Joe Rogan episode or something.

1062
00:53:12,840 --> 00:53:13,840
Yeah.

1063
00:53:13,840 --> 00:53:16,440
So there are a bunch of different models of float tanks.

1064
00:53:16,440 --> 00:53:19,320
The ones I have are all completely enclosed.

1065
00:53:19,320 --> 00:53:24,840
I have two that are cabin style, which just has a higher ceiling and a little more box

1066
00:53:24,840 --> 00:53:28,040
here than the other, which is a pod style.

1067
00:53:28,040 --> 00:53:32,880
And that's kind of the common idea a lot of people have when they think of float tanks.

1068
00:53:32,880 --> 00:53:39,640
It's a little shorter and it has a curved lid on the top, which has kind of a hatch

1069
00:53:39,640 --> 00:53:41,880
that you open to get in and out.

1070
00:53:41,880 --> 00:53:44,640
And then the cabins have a door to the side.

1071
00:53:44,640 --> 00:53:49,720
So people who are maybe claustrophobic, certain about the space, that's the better option

1072
00:53:49,720 --> 00:53:51,200
for them.

1073
00:53:51,200 --> 00:53:56,240
But in all of them, they have a high distance, high density of Epsom salt.

1074
00:53:56,240 --> 00:53:59,240
And the solution is heated to about skin temperature.

1075
00:53:59,240 --> 00:54:05,120
So the idea is once you get in and settled, you really don't feel the water anymore.

1076
00:54:05,120 --> 00:54:08,560
And there's so much salt in the water that you really float with no effort just because

1077
00:54:08,560 --> 00:54:10,360
it's so dense.

1078
00:54:10,360 --> 00:54:12,000
Yeah.

1079
00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:16,760
And so then also like once your time goes off, you go into the dark, so it against sensory

1080
00:54:16,760 --> 00:54:18,320
deprivation tank.

1081
00:54:18,320 --> 00:54:22,280
So it is just you floating there at body temperature.

1082
00:54:22,280 --> 00:54:25,040
So it feels like there's not even water touching your body.

1083
00:54:25,040 --> 00:54:27,880
Your eyes are not picking up any light.

1084
00:54:27,880 --> 00:54:33,120
You've got earplugs in while you're in the water, so you're not getting any sound.

1085
00:54:33,120 --> 00:54:38,880
And it is it's the most relaxing thing you can do.

1086
00:54:38,880 --> 00:54:42,560
And it is a big leap for a lot of people to turn everything off like that.

1087
00:54:42,560 --> 00:54:46,280
So you do have some options for leaving on the lights and the music.

1088
00:54:46,280 --> 00:54:49,440
But I really think the way to get the most out of it is just to shut everything off

1089
00:54:49,440 --> 00:54:52,120
for an hour because that's why you're here.

1090
00:54:52,120 --> 00:54:58,160
Yeah, it's it feels like taking like a four or five hour nap, but in an hour and you

1091
00:54:58,160 --> 00:55:00,840
completely lose track of time while you're in there.

1092
00:55:00,840 --> 00:55:04,640
So an hour feels like it lasts, you know, because you're not looking at a clock or anything.

1093
00:55:04,640 --> 00:55:06,360
It feels like it lasts like 15 minutes.

1094
00:55:06,360 --> 00:55:08,800
Like you're like, oh, man, I'm trying to get comfortable.

1095
00:55:08,800 --> 00:55:10,960
And then you're like, you lose yourself.

1096
00:55:10,960 --> 00:55:12,880
And then next thing you know, the timer is going off.

1097
00:55:12,880 --> 00:55:13,880
I'm like, oh, wow, it's been an hour.

1098
00:55:13,880 --> 00:55:15,120
It's been an hour and a half.

1099
00:55:15,120 --> 00:55:16,120
That's crazy.

1100
00:55:16,120 --> 00:55:17,120
It went by so fast.

1101
00:55:17,120 --> 00:55:20,840
Yeah, I think that's one of the coolest things about it is losing the sense of time to.

1102
00:55:20,840 --> 00:55:21,840
Yeah.

1103
00:55:21,840 --> 00:55:22,840
Absolutely.

1104
00:55:22,840 --> 00:55:26,640
So so yeah, we've got you got the float tanks going on here.

1105
00:55:26,640 --> 00:55:29,000
And then you also said you've got a cold plunge in a sauna.

1106
00:55:29,000 --> 00:55:30,760
Tell us a little bit about that.

1107
00:55:30,760 --> 00:55:33,440
So I've got those two in the room together.

1108
00:55:33,440 --> 00:55:37,760
What most people do is go back and forth between the two fire.

1109
00:55:37,760 --> 00:55:38,760
Nice.

1110
00:55:38,760 --> 00:55:39,760
Yep.

1111
00:55:39,760 --> 00:55:45,680
The sauna, we always keep around 140 and then the cold plunge is between 40 and 45 most

1112
00:55:45,680 --> 00:55:46,680
days.

1113
00:55:46,680 --> 00:55:50,960
So really, it's 100 degree temperature difference between the two.

1114
00:55:50,960 --> 00:55:56,480
And you both have a lot of benefits, especially when you combine them for improving circulation

1115
00:55:56,480 --> 00:56:03,720
and immune system and also just mental benefits of doing something uncomfortable and something

1116
00:56:03,720 --> 00:56:04,720
you don't want to.

1117
00:56:04,720 --> 00:56:05,720
Yeah.

1118
00:56:05,720 --> 00:56:11,400
Getting in that cold plunge is a can be a very intense moment or a few moments, if you

1119
00:56:11,400 --> 00:56:12,400
will.

1120
00:56:12,400 --> 00:56:14,320
Yeah, it's a challenge, but you feel pretty great afterwards.

1121
00:56:14,320 --> 00:56:16,480
Yeah, it's it's crazy.

1122
00:56:16,480 --> 00:56:18,880
How good you feel when you get out of that?

1123
00:56:18,880 --> 00:56:23,840
I'm curious, like, so again, a big thing that we've been talking about today is your

1124
00:56:23,840 --> 00:56:26,600
like Jiu Jitsu and your Judo career.

1125
00:56:26,600 --> 00:56:30,920
How can fighters like if local fighters in Fort Worth, if they're preparing for a match,

1126
00:56:30,920 --> 00:56:34,680
how can they use these tools to like help them prepare for a fight that's coming up?

1127
00:56:34,680 --> 00:56:40,720
Well, I do have a few UFC MMA fighters come in, which we can talk about later.

1128
00:56:40,720 --> 00:56:46,080
But you know, for the floats, that's I think one of the best ways to utilize it is just

1129
00:56:46,080 --> 00:56:51,880
use it for visualization because you don't have any other external distractions and you

1130
00:56:51,880 --> 00:56:58,360
can really focus and think through strategies, positions, anything with your upcoming fights.

1131
00:56:58,360 --> 00:57:01,120
And also there is the physical recovery benefit.

1132
00:57:01,120 --> 00:57:03,680
You know, essentially, you don't have any gravity on you.

1133
00:57:03,680 --> 00:57:09,240
So your muscles and joints can really relax and decompress when you're in there.

1134
00:57:09,240 --> 00:57:13,240
And then for the sauna and cold plunge, of course, sauna can be good for a cutting weight

1135
00:57:13,240 --> 00:57:18,640
if you need to, but also the cold plunge and especially combining with the sauna, it does

1136
00:57:18,640 --> 00:57:22,520
a lot for reducing inflammation and helping soreness.

1137
00:57:22,520 --> 00:57:23,920
Yeah.

1138
00:57:23,920 --> 00:57:28,880
I think the big part for me is the mental part because I'm not a professional fighter,

1139
00:57:28,880 --> 00:57:31,000
obviously, and I don't have any matches coming up.

1140
00:57:31,000 --> 00:57:36,560
But I think that is something that if you're a fan of this podcast or if you're a fan of

1141
00:57:36,560 --> 00:57:44,200
violence or MMA or violent sports and something in general, you probably would benefit from

1142
00:57:44,200 --> 00:57:47,640
some time with turning your brain off a little bit.

1143
00:57:47,640 --> 00:57:51,680
And I think that is good for people that are interested in that sort of thing as far as

1144
00:57:51,680 --> 00:57:54,800
like fighting or like training.

1145
00:57:54,800 --> 00:57:57,800
Their brains tend to be firing at all cylinders all the time.

1146
00:57:57,800 --> 00:58:01,400
And so we tend to get in our own way sometimes.

1147
00:58:01,400 --> 00:58:05,960
And I think for me, the mental aspect of all of this is probably the most important

1148
00:58:05,960 --> 00:58:06,960
thing.

1149
00:58:06,960 --> 00:58:10,560
Like you said, if you've got a fight coming up great, but also if you're just like a regular

1150
00:58:10,560 --> 00:58:16,760
everyday person and you're bombarded with all of the news stories and social media and

1151
00:58:16,760 --> 00:58:22,000
all the external input that you get from living in the real world in 2024, this is a great

1152
00:58:22,000 --> 00:58:25,760
place to come and shut it off for a little while and kind of get some clarity as to who

1153
00:58:25,760 --> 00:58:28,360
you are on the inside and that sort of thing.

1154
00:58:28,360 --> 00:58:33,440
So I think one of the real interesting things about it and I hear a lot is the seemingly

1155
00:58:33,440 --> 00:58:36,240
random thoughts that come into people's minds when they're in there.

1156
00:58:36,240 --> 00:58:41,160
Like it could be something you haven't thought about in years or just some other issue that

1157
00:58:41,160 --> 00:58:46,200
maybe need solving and they're just randomly popped to the front of your brain, which there's

1158
00:58:46,200 --> 00:58:49,080
got to be some reason for it, but I think it's pretty fascinating.

1159
00:58:49,080 --> 00:58:50,080
Yeah.

1160
00:58:50,080 --> 00:58:51,080
Yeah, that's awesome.

1161
00:58:51,080 --> 00:58:54,920
It's got to be like maybe your brain like decluttering or something just like, oh, hey, all of this

1162
00:58:54,920 --> 00:58:56,920
like noise I've been forcing into it.

1163
00:58:56,920 --> 00:58:59,960
Now it's all cleared and I can face this.

1164
00:58:59,960 --> 00:59:00,960
That's really interesting.

1165
00:59:00,960 --> 00:59:03,640
I've definitely had that kind of happen when I've been in there.

1166
00:59:03,640 --> 00:59:04,640
Oh, yeah.

1167
00:59:04,640 --> 00:59:08,080
I've had things I've been putting off that have popped up and I've had to like kind of

1168
00:59:08,080 --> 00:59:09,920
face and think about.

1169
00:59:09,920 --> 00:59:12,400
So that's definitely a good thing.

1170
00:59:12,400 --> 00:59:13,400
Awesome.

1171
00:59:13,400 --> 00:59:17,960
You said that you do have some fighters who come here like during their training or the

1172
00:59:17,960 --> 00:59:18,960
recovery.

1173
00:59:18,960 --> 00:59:19,960
Yeah.

1174
00:59:19,960 --> 00:59:24,480
James Bick, who former UFC fighter, he's one of my regular is comes in almost every

1175
00:59:24,480 --> 00:59:28,040
week for the cold blunge and the float.

1176
00:59:28,040 --> 00:59:29,400
And our guest last week.

1177
00:59:29,400 --> 00:59:32,760
I believe James is training his son.

1178
00:59:32,760 --> 00:59:33,760
That's correct.

1179
00:59:33,760 --> 00:59:34,760
Yeah.

1180
00:59:34,760 --> 00:59:35,760
Yeah.

1181
00:59:35,760 --> 00:59:41,400
Also, Rizak Al-Hassan, who is from Fort Worth, Arlington, he's got a fight coming up and

1182
00:59:41,400 --> 00:59:43,960
he's coming to me once a week.

1183
00:59:43,960 --> 00:59:44,960
Awesome.

1184
00:59:44,960 --> 00:59:45,960
I've seen him fight.

1185
00:59:45,960 --> 00:59:46,960
Yeah.

1186
00:59:46,960 --> 00:59:47,960
He's a good one.

1187
00:59:47,960 --> 00:59:48,960
Yeah.

1188
00:59:48,960 --> 00:59:55,160
Also, Mohamed Usman, he's I think endeavor now, but brother of Kamal Usman.

1189
00:59:55,160 --> 00:59:56,160
Yeah.

1190
00:59:56,160 --> 01:00:00,240
He hasn't seen him in a while, but he was coming a lot when I first opened up.

1191
01:00:00,240 --> 01:00:01,440
That's so very cool.

1192
01:00:01,440 --> 01:00:06,120
Those are some humongous names as far as the UFC is concerned and MMA is concerned.

1193
01:00:06,120 --> 01:00:11,400
So very cool to see them coming into visit a homies local place just because of how

1194
01:00:11,400 --> 01:00:12,480
quality it is here.

1195
01:00:12,480 --> 01:00:17,240
So yeah, I'm always excited to be part of their training camp and hopefully contributing

1196
01:00:17,240 --> 01:00:19,280
to some of their success.

1197
01:00:19,280 --> 01:00:21,780
Cool.

1198
01:00:21,780 --> 01:00:23,720
So yeah, we talked about float company.

1199
01:00:23,720 --> 01:00:28,600
We've talked about your Jiu Jitsu and your Judo and all that.

1200
01:00:28,600 --> 01:00:31,720
Is there anything you want to say about the float company?

1201
01:00:31,720 --> 01:00:33,800
Like, where can people find you online?

1202
01:00:33,800 --> 01:00:36,520
Give us your website or your phone number.

1203
01:00:36,520 --> 01:00:42,080
Website is just the name, Fort Worth Float Company dot com and got Facebook and Instagram

1204
01:00:42,080 --> 01:00:46,120
too, not Twitter because I didn't want to learn how to use it.

1205
01:00:46,120 --> 01:00:47,840
I'm in that same boat.

1206
01:00:47,840 --> 01:00:54,360
So if you need any sort of floating, what's the correct term?

1207
01:00:54,360 --> 01:00:58,840
If you need some time to come float or to take a cold plunge or to take a sauna, it's

1208
01:00:58,840 --> 01:01:01,000
Fort Worth Float Company dot com.

1209
01:01:01,000 --> 01:01:05,240
Hop on there and you'll see their hours and you could probably book an appointment even,

1210
01:01:05,240 --> 01:01:06,240
maybe.

1211
01:01:06,240 --> 01:01:10,560
Yeah, we've got links to the booking system and all the social media and always feel free

1212
01:01:10,560 --> 01:01:14,480
to ask me questions about it on there because I like talking about it.

1213
01:01:14,480 --> 01:01:16,440
Yeah, I love that.

1214
01:01:16,440 --> 01:01:17,440
Cool.

1215
01:01:17,440 --> 01:01:23,640
Is there anything that I didn't go over, Renee, that you want to go over or questions

1216
01:01:23,640 --> 01:01:24,640
on this?

1217
01:01:24,640 --> 01:01:28,280
I'm just more excited to get to know Kevin personally and hopefully, like he said, he's

1218
01:01:28,280 --> 01:01:30,960
now a third co-host.

1219
01:01:30,960 --> 01:01:35,880
We'll be learning more and more about him and obviously you'll hear from him in future

1220
01:01:35,880 --> 01:01:36,880
episodes.

1221
01:01:36,880 --> 01:01:40,640
I think this will probably be maybe a once a week or I'm sorry, a once a month check-in

1222
01:01:40,640 --> 01:01:41,640
where you can check in with Kevin.

1223
01:01:41,640 --> 01:01:44,400
I mean, if he's the new third co-host, he'll be here once a week.

1224
01:01:44,400 --> 01:01:49,680
He'll check in with Kevin maybe once a month and come get floated and check in with him

1225
01:01:49,680 --> 01:01:53,920
and see how he's doing and see what's going on in the world of judo, juditsu and floating.

1226
01:01:53,920 --> 01:01:58,320
Yeah, today I wanted to have both these guys do the cold punch beforehand, but I had to

1227
01:01:58,320 --> 01:02:01,440
refill it yesterday and it's still cooling down, but maybe next time.

1228
01:02:01,440 --> 01:02:06,280
Yeah, we'll have to come back and definitely get some content and also just to try it out

1229
01:02:06,280 --> 01:02:09,000
and give our own reviews.

1230
01:02:09,000 --> 01:02:10,160
You've already tried it out, but...

1231
01:02:10,160 --> 01:02:15,080
Yeah, I got a Wim Hof class a couple of years ago for my birthday and that was my first

1232
01:02:15,080 --> 01:02:19,920
cold punch and shortly after that I think is when you got your cold punch here and

1233
01:02:19,920 --> 01:02:27,760
so I've been a few times and it is an intense thing, but if you have pain in any part of

1234
01:02:27,760 --> 01:02:33,760
your body, that intense cold makes you forget anything that hurts, but it also helps with

1235
01:02:33,760 --> 01:02:38,000
that inflammation and you feel amazing after you get out of that.

1236
01:02:38,000 --> 01:02:42,880
I'm hardly ever sore anymore if I'm consistent with it and my favorite time to do it is on

1237
01:02:42,880 --> 01:02:46,720
my judo days, maybe an hour and a half or two hours before.

1238
01:02:46,720 --> 01:02:52,520
I feel like it really mentally gets me sharper and just more physical energy as well.

1239
01:02:52,520 --> 01:03:01,160
So come get your cold plunge on, come get your float on, but yeah, I think that's probably

1240
01:03:01,160 --> 01:03:02,160
start wrapping up now.

1241
01:03:02,160 --> 01:03:03,160
We've been going for a little while.

1242
01:03:03,160 --> 01:03:04,160
Yeah, sure.

1243
01:03:04,160 --> 01:03:05,160
I want to talk about finding more.

1244
01:03:05,160 --> 01:03:07,640
Yeah, let's talk about it.

1245
01:03:07,640 --> 01:03:08,640
About fighting.

1246
01:03:08,640 --> 01:03:09,640
Anything.

1247
01:03:09,640 --> 01:03:10,640
Okay.

1248
01:03:10,640 --> 01:03:15,160
I'm the third co-host, but it's mostly you guys.

1249
01:03:15,160 --> 01:03:20,120
Yeah, so you said you've done two professional fights.

1250
01:03:20,120 --> 01:03:22,280
Do you want to talk about those?

1251
01:03:22,280 --> 01:03:24,680
Well I'd call them more semi-professional.

1252
01:03:24,680 --> 01:03:30,320
There's two organizations, the bigger ones, Fight2Win and Submission Hunter Pro, where

1253
01:03:30,320 --> 01:03:37,840
the way those works are like people apply to be on it and if they get a match, then

1254
01:03:37,840 --> 01:03:41,800
they'll kind of sell the tickets and get a cut of that and maybe a little more if they

1255
01:03:41,800 --> 01:03:42,880
win.

1256
01:03:42,880 --> 01:03:47,600
So not completely professional, but you can make a little bit of money from it and just

1257
01:03:47,600 --> 01:03:50,600
be on a big stage in front of everybody.

1258
01:03:50,600 --> 01:03:51,600
That's awesome.

1259
01:03:51,600 --> 01:03:56,360
And when you do that, do you like rep the Fortwood Float Company on your gear or anything

1260
01:03:56,360 --> 01:03:57,360
like that?

1261
01:03:57,360 --> 01:04:02,560
On the GEE match I did, I think I did have a patch and then my other match was no GEE

1262
01:04:02,560 --> 01:04:04,560
and I don't believe I had one on that.

1263
01:04:04,560 --> 01:04:06,960
Okay, very cool.

1264
01:04:06,960 --> 01:04:09,520
So do you have any fights coming up or anything like that?

1265
01:04:09,520 --> 01:04:11,920
Or any competitions or anything?

1266
01:04:11,920 --> 01:04:12,920
Not really.

1267
01:04:12,920 --> 01:04:14,080
I haven't really competed in a while.

1268
01:04:14,080 --> 01:04:18,000
Just hasn't really been a priority, especially because I have a new baby at home.

1269
01:04:18,000 --> 01:04:19,000
Ah, yes.

1270
01:04:19,000 --> 01:04:20,840
Yeah, you've been a dad.

1271
01:04:20,840 --> 01:04:25,520
We're all dads here, but you've been a dad for quite a while, but you have a one month

1272
01:04:25,520 --> 01:04:26,520
old daughter, right?

1273
01:04:26,520 --> 01:04:31,600
Yeah, I've got a one month old daughter, almost a nine year old son and a 14 year old son.

1274
01:04:31,600 --> 01:04:33,320
Do they train at all?

1275
01:04:33,320 --> 01:04:35,720
The older one, he's never been too interested.

1276
01:04:35,720 --> 01:04:37,880
The middle one, he loves it.

1277
01:04:37,880 --> 01:04:39,760
He'll come with me to Jiu-Jitsu and Judo.

1278
01:04:39,760 --> 01:04:42,400
The one month old is a black belt.

1279
01:04:42,400 --> 01:04:46,400
I'm playing videos for her, but I don't know how much she's been training.

1280
01:04:46,400 --> 01:04:52,560
I know, you know, if she takes after you and your wife, she'll be strangling people in

1281
01:04:52,560 --> 01:04:53,560
no time.

1282
01:04:53,560 --> 01:04:56,240
Maybe by the time she's walking, she'll be throwing somewhere naked chokehold.

1283
01:04:56,240 --> 01:04:57,240
Yeah, that's the plan.

1284
01:04:57,240 --> 01:04:58,880
That's kind of a question I had.

1285
01:04:58,880 --> 01:05:04,520
Speaking of, like my wife has zero interest in probably training Jiu-Jitsu, but so do

1286
01:05:04,520 --> 01:05:06,760
you guys ever roll together?

1287
01:05:06,760 --> 01:05:07,760
My wife just trained.

1288
01:05:07,760 --> 01:05:10,520
I haven't for a while because of the pregnancy and everything.

1289
01:05:10,520 --> 01:05:11,680
No, she must be on.

1290
01:05:11,680 --> 01:05:12,680
No, I'm just kidding.

1291
01:05:12,680 --> 01:05:15,880
She's on the mats like twice a day, seven days a week, right?

1292
01:05:15,880 --> 01:05:18,240
She's wanted to do this whole time, but I've had to stop her.

1293
01:05:18,240 --> 01:05:21,000
But yeah, she's a blue belt on Jiu-Jitsu.

1294
01:05:21,000 --> 01:05:22,000
That's amazing.

1295
01:05:22,000 --> 01:05:23,000
That's cool.

1296
01:05:23,000 --> 01:05:25,680
I always think it's cool to see couples that kind of like get into the same thing and kind

1297
01:05:25,680 --> 01:05:27,280
of roll together.

1298
01:05:27,280 --> 01:05:34,400
The people that I have been training with out in Wetherford, Neanderthal, they are husband

1299
01:05:34,400 --> 01:05:35,880
and wife that run that gym.

1300
01:05:35,880 --> 01:05:41,920
And so it's always cool to see, especially with some of the newer people, he'll take

1301
01:05:41,920 --> 01:05:45,760
his wife and be like, hey, go roll with her and then she'll just hand me off real quick.

1302
01:05:45,760 --> 01:05:47,000
And you're like, okay, cool.

1303
01:05:47,000 --> 01:05:48,000
I suck at this.

1304
01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:49,160
Yeah, I wanted to ask about that.

1305
01:05:49,160 --> 01:05:51,720
I heard you train there and I've been doing Neanderthal a few times.

1306
01:05:51,720 --> 01:05:53,240
Yeah, I've been there a couple of times.

1307
01:05:53,240 --> 01:05:58,080
I haven't been in probably like a year, but I went for probably like a year straight.

1308
01:05:58,080 --> 01:05:59,240
Yeah, before that.

1309
01:05:59,240 --> 01:06:03,480
So same thing, kind of injury, kids, that whole thing.

1310
01:06:03,480 --> 01:06:04,920
But I'd love to get back into it.

1311
01:06:04,920 --> 01:06:10,400
We just got a book recently recommended to us, Fuel for Fighters or Food for Fighters,

1312
01:06:10,400 --> 01:06:11,520
something like that.

1313
01:06:11,520 --> 01:06:16,720
And so we've been talking about kind of cooking our way through that book and leaning up a

1314
01:06:16,720 --> 01:06:21,120
little bit and kind of lifting a little bit, kind of get back into rolling and that sort

1315
01:06:21,120 --> 01:06:22,120
of thing.

1316
01:06:22,120 --> 01:06:24,240
And we're not just talking about it, we can be about it as well.

1317
01:06:24,240 --> 01:06:25,560
We're going to live it.

1318
01:06:25,560 --> 01:06:26,560
Yeah.

1319
01:06:26,560 --> 01:06:28,800
You live out there close to Neanderthal?

1320
01:06:28,800 --> 01:06:30,800
I live five minutes away.

1321
01:06:30,800 --> 01:06:31,800
Yeah.

1322
01:06:31,800 --> 01:06:36,120
I think for the 100th episode Parker and I are actually going to fight each other.

1323
01:06:36,120 --> 01:06:37,120
So that's the plan.

1324
01:06:37,120 --> 01:06:38,120
Can I wear a free?

1325
01:06:38,120 --> 01:06:39,120
Yeah.

1326
01:06:39,120 --> 01:06:40,120
Absolutely.

1327
01:06:40,120 --> 01:06:41,120
Yep.

1328
01:06:41,120 --> 01:06:45,160
This just popped into my head.

1329
01:06:45,160 --> 01:06:50,680
What is it that you particularly love about heel hooks?

1330
01:06:50,680 --> 01:06:54,800
I don't know, just for whatever reason, I'm good at it and kind of had needs to time catching

1331
01:06:54,800 --> 01:06:55,800
them.

1332
01:06:55,800 --> 01:07:01,040
Could be my body type having longer legs, which allows me to kind of keep the other person

1333
01:07:01,040 --> 01:07:04,400
farther away while still keeping control of their leg.

1334
01:07:04,400 --> 01:07:05,720
That makes sense.

1335
01:07:05,720 --> 01:07:08,040
You caught me with a lot of heel hooks.

1336
01:07:08,040 --> 01:07:12,240
And you know, I also, even in the GEE before I knew any better, I was doing leg locks and

1337
01:07:12,240 --> 01:07:15,880
heel hooks pretty early on as a white belt.

1338
01:07:15,880 --> 01:07:19,840
And now as techniques go, those are a lot more popular and prevalent.

1339
01:07:19,840 --> 01:07:24,320
But I think maybe I just had a little more success because I've been working them a lot

1340
01:07:24,320 --> 01:07:27,960
longer than other local or non professional people around.

1341
01:07:27,960 --> 01:07:28,960
Okay.

1342
01:07:28,960 --> 01:07:31,640
Would you consider that a sneaky move?

1343
01:07:31,640 --> 01:07:32,920
Depends how you set it up.

1344
01:07:32,920 --> 01:07:36,680
You know, everybody knows about heel hooks now, but if you surprise them with it, it

1345
01:07:36,680 --> 01:07:37,680
can definitely be sneaky.

1346
01:07:37,680 --> 01:07:40,080
I know you're a sneaky guy.

1347
01:07:40,080 --> 01:07:41,080
Yep.

1348
01:07:41,080 --> 01:07:42,680
I like wrist locks too, in case you didn't know.

1349
01:07:42,680 --> 01:07:44,920
Oh, I definitely knew you like wrist locks.

1350
01:07:44,920 --> 01:07:48,480
My wrists have been sore for days after rolls with you.

1351
01:07:48,480 --> 01:07:53,040
How important is grip strength when it comes to judo and judo too?

1352
01:07:53,040 --> 01:07:54,040
Extremely important.

1353
01:07:54,040 --> 01:07:55,040
Especially in the GEE.

1354
01:07:55,040 --> 01:07:58,280
I think that's one thing that some people kind of overlook when it comes to that sort

1355
01:07:58,280 --> 01:08:01,520
of training is like, you just need to get a big bucket of sand and start working.

1356
01:08:01,520 --> 01:08:02,520
Yeah.

1357
01:08:02,520 --> 01:08:05,520
That's one of the things that got me into the Macy's and Steel Clubs because you got

1358
01:08:05,520 --> 01:08:07,400
to have a lot of grip strength for those.

1359
01:08:07,400 --> 01:08:08,400
Yeah.

1360
01:08:08,400 --> 01:08:12,480
I just saw recently, there was a grip strength competition that had like multiple, I think

1361
01:08:12,480 --> 01:08:16,600
there was 22 different categories or something like that.

1362
01:08:16,600 --> 01:08:22,240
And this person that had never competed in it just happened to be a rock climber.

1363
01:08:22,240 --> 01:08:27,000
And so he's up there with all of the strongmen of the world that actually do strongman competitions.

1364
01:08:27,000 --> 01:08:33,240
And I think they gave him an award for most pound for pound best grip because his grip

1365
01:08:33,240 --> 01:08:35,200
is so insane for climbing rocks.

1366
01:08:35,200 --> 01:08:39,600
It wasn't that Alex dude that climbed you, somebody like your face wall or whatever.

1367
01:08:39,600 --> 01:08:40,600
It might have been.

1368
01:08:40,600 --> 01:08:44,680
I know that he's that kind of dude where he just sees something like, fuck it, I'm going

1369
01:08:44,680 --> 01:08:45,680
to do it.

1370
01:08:45,680 --> 01:08:49,440
And they were trying to explain to him the events before you're like, okay, you have

1371
01:08:49,440 --> 01:08:50,640
to do this and this and this.

1372
01:08:50,640 --> 01:08:51,640
But yeah.

1373
01:08:51,640 --> 01:08:53,680
It seems like some shit Kevin would do.

1374
01:08:53,680 --> 01:08:57,440
Grip strength is amazingly important when it comes to like, you're like you're saying

1375
01:08:57,440 --> 01:09:01,600
throwing, locking people up and holds that sort of thing.

1376
01:09:01,600 --> 01:09:04,840
You know, because especially in Judo, you have to hold on another guy and pull their

1377
01:09:04,840 --> 01:09:07,000
whole body through that.

1378
01:09:07,000 --> 01:09:10,800
So you know, if that's the weak connection, you're not going to really get anything done.

1379
01:09:10,800 --> 01:09:11,800
Very cool.

1380
01:09:11,800 --> 01:09:18,400
Good guy, if you want to see like grip strength exercises on Instagram is I think his name

1381
01:09:18,400 --> 01:09:19,720
on there is raspberry ape.

1382
01:09:19,720 --> 01:09:21,720
Oh yeah, I've seen that guy.

1383
01:09:21,720 --> 01:09:22,920
He's also a Jiu-Jitsu guy.

1384
01:09:22,920 --> 01:09:27,440
I think his real name is Dan Strauss, but he's super strong.

1385
01:09:27,440 --> 01:09:29,520
He's got a lot of really cool videos you can see.

1386
01:09:29,520 --> 01:09:32,960
Is he the one who does like has different things he holds on to while he does pull up

1387
01:09:32,960 --> 01:09:33,960
some stuff?

1388
01:09:33,960 --> 01:09:34,960
Yeah.

1389
01:09:34,960 --> 01:09:35,960
Yeah, that guy is insane.

1390
01:09:35,960 --> 01:09:36,960
Have you seen him?

1391
01:09:36,960 --> 01:09:37,960
Yeah.

1392
01:09:37,960 --> 01:09:42,160
And his hands have to just be like vice grips.

1393
01:09:42,160 --> 01:09:46,120
Yeah, some guys you can just feel if they have a good grip, when you grab their wrist,

1394
01:09:46,120 --> 01:09:48,640
like it's just thicker than it should be.

1395
01:09:48,640 --> 01:09:49,640
Those guys are scary.

1396
01:09:49,640 --> 01:09:51,640
That's what she said.

1397
01:09:51,640 --> 01:09:52,640
No.

1398
01:09:52,640 --> 01:09:53,640
Yeah.

1399
01:09:53,640 --> 01:09:55,560
So grip strength is important.

1400
01:09:55,560 --> 01:09:57,200
What about nutrition?

1401
01:09:57,200 --> 01:09:59,680
That's pretty important to you when it comes to that sort of thing.

1402
01:09:59,680 --> 01:10:05,160
Definitely now that I'm getting older, I try to do better at that.

1403
01:10:05,160 --> 01:10:10,040
But Judo especially is kind of hard, you know, you got to have enough energy for the practice,

1404
01:10:10,040 --> 01:10:14,560
but if you eat too soon with all the rolling and throwing, I can get nauseous.

1405
01:10:14,560 --> 01:10:15,560
Yeah.

1406
01:10:15,560 --> 01:10:17,920
So that's something I'd have to really dial in lately.

1407
01:10:17,920 --> 01:10:21,680
Oh, especially getting thrown across that mat on a full stomach.

1408
01:10:21,680 --> 01:10:22,680
No thank you.

1409
01:10:22,680 --> 01:10:26,040
You've also been involved in martial arts for consistently for quite some time.

1410
01:10:26,040 --> 01:10:30,560
So have you seen like trends come and go or like people have like because they watch the

1411
01:10:30,560 --> 01:10:35,760
UFC or because they listen to a podcast or because they have seen a more popular person

1412
01:10:35,760 --> 01:10:39,680
do something that they'll come into the gym or they'll come in looking for that sort of

1413
01:10:39,680 --> 01:10:43,560
thing or like, have you seen trends come and go when it comes to like Jiu Jitsu and Judo

1414
01:10:43,560 --> 01:10:44,560
and that sort of thing?

1415
01:10:44,560 --> 01:10:50,320
Yeah, especially in Jiu Jitsu because that's so popular, especially because of the UFC.

1416
01:10:50,320 --> 01:10:55,240
And definitely now the trend is more no g like a lot of people want to do that more.

1417
01:10:55,240 --> 01:10:56,240
Planet ship.

1418
01:10:56,240 --> 01:10:57,240
Yeah.

1419
01:10:57,240 --> 01:11:05,160
It comes to Planet, but also all the big events like ADCC, who's number one, all those promotions,

1420
01:11:05,160 --> 01:11:06,480
they're all no g.

1421
01:11:06,480 --> 01:11:10,120
So a lot of people are more interested in that than gay lately.

1422
01:11:10,120 --> 01:11:11,120
Yeah.

1423
01:11:11,120 --> 01:11:13,000
I've heard and seen that as well.

1424
01:11:13,000 --> 01:11:18,320
A lot of Eddie Bravo enthusiasts coming for mission control and that sort of thing.

1425
01:11:18,320 --> 01:11:19,320
Yeah.

1426
01:11:19,320 --> 01:11:23,000
There was a lot of 10th Planet influence for a while, but as far as the big competitions

1427
01:11:23,000 --> 01:11:27,440
go, like ADCC, none of those guys have been that successful.

1428
01:11:27,440 --> 01:11:36,720
There are some, but I think 10th Planet just has more promotional value that they capitalized

1429
01:11:36,720 --> 01:11:43,040
on early and seemed like lately it's fallen off a lot, especially compared to B team and

1430
01:11:43,040 --> 01:11:45,680
new wave, which is Gordon Ryan's gym.

1431
01:11:45,680 --> 01:11:52,880
Speaking of amazing, yeah, Jiu Jitsu players, Gordon Ryan is a character and a half.

1432
01:11:52,880 --> 01:11:53,880
He has a personality too.

1433
01:11:53,880 --> 01:11:54,880
Yeah.

1434
01:11:54,880 --> 01:11:55,880
Like his hair.

1435
01:11:55,880 --> 01:11:57,360
He's got cool hair.

1436
01:11:57,360 --> 01:12:00,120
Got cool hair.

1437
01:12:00,120 --> 01:12:01,120
He's a cool follow.

1438
01:12:01,120 --> 01:12:05,240
I guess it was like maybe a year or two ago whenever he got injured and got super big

1439
01:12:05,240 --> 01:12:08,560
and then got super ripped right afterwards.

1440
01:12:08,560 --> 01:12:14,160
He is constantly in competition and he's constantly giving his critiques on what he thinks is

1441
01:12:14,160 --> 01:12:15,560
right and wrong and Jiu Jitsu.

1442
01:12:15,560 --> 01:12:19,960
So if you're not familiar with him, give him a little follow and check out some of his

1443
01:12:19,960 --> 01:12:26,840
highlights that dude as a master when it comes to Jiu Jitsu and combat sports in general.

1444
01:12:26,840 --> 01:12:29,560
Do you think he's going to make his way over to the UFC?

1445
01:12:29,560 --> 01:12:30,560
I don't think so.

1446
01:12:30,560 --> 01:12:33,560
I think I stick with BJJ.

1447
01:12:33,560 --> 01:12:38,440
But I think for a while he did have some kind of deal for going to MMA, but for whatever

1448
01:12:38,440 --> 01:12:41,280
reason he didn't go through with that.

1449
01:12:41,280 --> 01:12:42,800
I wouldn't want to do it either.

1450
01:12:42,800 --> 01:12:43,800
Yeah.

1451
01:12:43,800 --> 01:12:45,480
Getting hit in the face is not a cool thing.

1452
01:12:45,480 --> 01:12:46,480
It's the worst.

1453
01:12:46,480 --> 01:12:48,240
That's why I've stuck with grappling the whole time.

1454
01:12:48,240 --> 01:12:51,240
I don't know anything about striking and don't really want to.

1455
01:12:51,240 --> 01:12:52,240
Yeah.

1456
01:12:52,240 --> 01:12:56,720
Like I said in one of the early episodes, I took a movie tie class and I loved it.

1457
01:12:56,720 --> 01:12:57,720
I just feel like I don't want to do that.

1458
01:12:57,720 --> 01:12:58,720
I don't want to get punched.

1459
01:12:58,720 --> 01:12:59,720
I don't want to get kicked.

1460
01:12:59,720 --> 01:13:01,560
I just want to roll around and cuddle.

1461
01:13:01,560 --> 01:13:02,560
Yeah.

1462
01:13:02,560 --> 01:13:03,560
Yeah.

1463
01:13:03,560 --> 01:13:04,560
Those leg kicks do not look fun.

1464
01:13:04,560 --> 01:13:05,560
No.

1465
01:13:05,560 --> 01:13:12,840
And here in last week, our guest last week, Mr. James Gray, he was telling us about how

1466
01:13:12,840 --> 01:13:16,560
he took some really gnarly leg kicks and one of his fights and how bad it hurt.

1467
01:13:16,560 --> 01:13:18,800
And I went back and I watched this video.

1468
01:13:18,800 --> 01:13:24,560
You sent me about the like top 10 fights at UFC that will make you a fight like fan.

1469
01:13:24,560 --> 01:13:29,720
And I was watching that first fight on the video, Connor McGregor and then Nate Diaz.

1470
01:13:29,720 --> 01:13:33,860
And the way McGregor was just attacking Nate Diaz's leg.

1471
01:13:33,860 --> 01:13:36,520
And I could just see his legs swelling throughout the match.

1472
01:13:36,520 --> 01:13:39,520
And all I could think about was Mr. James Gray talking about that.

1473
01:13:39,520 --> 01:13:41,240
I was like, oh, that has to be so painful.

1474
01:13:41,240 --> 01:13:44,920
And that is also why I am not a fan of striking.

1475
01:13:44,920 --> 01:13:45,920
Smart.

1476
01:13:45,920 --> 01:13:46,920
Yeah.

1477
01:13:46,920 --> 01:13:52,040
That first fight on that video compilation, that's actually the second time they met up

1478
01:13:52,040 --> 01:13:58,120
and that was Connor McGregor revenge because he was not supposed to lose that first fight

1479
01:13:58,120 --> 01:14:01,880
in the eyes of the media and fans and whatnot.

1480
01:14:01,880 --> 01:14:06,640
But yeah, that plan was to just completely smash that leg and take away his lead leg.

1481
01:14:06,640 --> 01:14:10,840
So that way he'd have little to no power when it comes to throwing those punches.

1482
01:14:10,840 --> 01:14:13,040
I'm not, I don't like that.

1483
01:14:13,040 --> 01:14:14,160
I don't like seeing that.

1484
01:14:14,160 --> 01:14:16,760
The other one that I don't like is like that kind of like that oblique kick where they're

1485
01:14:16,760 --> 01:14:20,160
trying to dislocate your dislocate your knee and that that sort of thing.

1486
01:14:20,160 --> 01:14:22,760
I mean, just like, oh, yeah.

1487
01:14:22,760 --> 01:14:23,760
Yeah.

1488
01:14:23,760 --> 01:14:24,760
Leg kicks, no fun.

1489
01:14:24,760 --> 01:14:26,000
Striking in the face, no fun.

1490
01:14:26,000 --> 01:14:28,760
Just sticks to grappling.

1491
01:14:28,760 --> 01:14:30,440
That's our big takeaway here today.

1492
01:14:30,440 --> 01:14:31,920
Yep, I agree.

1493
01:14:31,920 --> 01:14:33,400
Cuddle with your bros.

1494
01:14:33,400 --> 01:14:36,000
And then come float afterwards and think about it.

1495
01:14:36,000 --> 01:14:38,520
Renee, you know more about UFC than me.

1496
01:14:38,520 --> 01:14:40,080
Are there any rules on leg kicks?

1497
01:14:40,080 --> 01:14:41,080
I know.

1498
01:14:41,080 --> 01:14:43,360
I thought there was something about not kicking directly on their knee.

1499
01:14:43,360 --> 01:14:44,360
No.

1500
01:14:44,360 --> 01:14:45,360
Okay.

1501
01:14:45,360 --> 01:14:49,440
The only rule when it comes to kicking is a grounded opponent and that is also different

1502
01:14:49,440 --> 01:14:50,880
whenever it comes to jurisdiction.

1503
01:14:50,880 --> 01:14:56,520
I think in New Jersey you're allowed to kick a grounded opponent if they have.

1504
01:14:56,520 --> 01:14:57,520
Wow.

1505
01:14:57,520 --> 01:14:58,520
Yeah.

1506
01:14:58,520 --> 01:15:02,440
I think there's a couple of states that the kicking a grounded opponent changes.

1507
01:15:02,440 --> 01:15:09,840
But for the most part, Joe Rogan usually talks about how you can end somebody's career

1508
01:15:09,840 --> 01:15:14,880
with that, but that it's kind of like unspoken, but it's not against the rules.

1509
01:15:14,880 --> 01:15:20,200
And I think lately, John Jones is the biggest perpetrator of that violence.

1510
01:15:20,200 --> 01:15:23,640
That's his favorite thing to come out and try to basically take your knee out and dislocate

1511
01:15:23,640 --> 01:15:26,520
it and not allow you to move forward.

1512
01:15:26,520 --> 01:15:29,640
But yeah, no rules there.

1513
01:15:29,640 --> 01:15:30,640
Yeah.

1514
01:15:30,640 --> 01:15:36,920
No, no, no, no growing strikes, no kicking to a grounded opponent.

1515
01:15:36,920 --> 01:15:37,920
But other than that.

1516
01:15:37,920 --> 01:15:41,480
Yeah, on the ground, no tenders, 12 to six elbows.

1517
01:15:41,480 --> 01:15:43,640
Yeah, that's true.

1518
01:15:43,640 --> 01:15:45,520
No grabbing the fence.

1519
01:15:45,520 --> 01:15:49,080
But they get away with all that stuff all the time anyway.

1520
01:15:49,080 --> 01:15:50,080
So.

1521
01:15:50,080 --> 01:15:51,080
Mm.

1522
01:15:51,080 --> 01:15:52,080
Mm.

1523
01:15:52,080 --> 01:15:53,080
Mm.

1524
01:15:53,080 --> 01:15:54,080
Yeah.

1525
01:15:54,080 --> 01:15:55,080
No.

1526
01:15:55,080 --> 01:15:56,080
Cool.

1527
01:15:56,080 --> 01:15:57,080
Well, how long have we been going for?

1528
01:15:57,080 --> 01:15:58,080
We've been going.

1529
01:15:58,080 --> 01:16:00,080
We're creeping up on the hour and 20.

1530
01:16:00,080 --> 01:16:01,080
Hour and 15?

1531
01:16:01,080 --> 01:16:02,080
Yeah.

1532
01:16:02,080 --> 01:16:03,080
So yeah, what's...

1533
01:16:03,080 --> 01:16:04,080
Want to wrap it up?

1534
01:16:04,080 --> 01:16:07,080
Yeah, let's go ahead and wrap this up with our last little things.

1535
01:16:07,080 --> 01:16:09,520
You want to plug the phone number again?

1536
01:16:09,520 --> 01:16:10,760
Well, thank you very much, Kevin.

1537
01:16:10,760 --> 01:16:15,520
I appreciate you opening up your space to us and opening up your life to us.

1538
01:16:15,520 --> 01:16:18,440
Like I said, we can have you back anytime.

1539
01:16:18,440 --> 01:16:23,440
You're a cool guy that knows a lot about cool stuff and we're always looking for that sort

1540
01:16:23,440 --> 01:16:25,960
of content for this podcast.

1541
01:16:25,960 --> 01:16:34,160
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1542
01:16:34,160 --> 01:16:37,240
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1543
01:16:37,240 --> 01:16:42,240
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1544
01:16:42,240 --> 01:16:43,240
Yeah.

1545
01:16:43,240 --> 01:16:46,560
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1546
01:16:46,560 --> 01:16:52,280
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1547
01:16:52,280 --> 01:16:53,280
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1548
01:16:53,280 --> 01:16:56,840
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1549
01:16:56,840 --> 01:17:00,400
at Fort Worth Float Company.com and you're on Instagram and Facebook.

1550
01:17:00,400 --> 01:17:01,400
Yes.

1551
01:17:01,400 --> 01:17:02,400
Awesome.

1552
01:17:02,400 --> 01:17:04,400
Thank you Taco Bell.

1553
01:17:04,400 --> 01:17:05,800
I mean, kind of.

1554
01:17:05,800 --> 01:17:07,680
I'm not going to think Taco Bell.

1555
01:17:07,680 --> 01:17:12,960
Well, they provided a Baja Blast this morning.

1556
01:17:12,960 --> 01:17:14,800
Thank you Taco Bell.

1557
01:17:14,800 --> 01:17:15,800
Thank you Parker.

1558
01:17:15,800 --> 01:17:16,800
Thank you Kevin.

1559
01:17:16,800 --> 01:17:18,600
Thank you Calvin for letting us borrow your dad for a bit.

1560
01:17:18,600 --> 01:17:22,240
And thank you Wives and Kids for allowing us to do the podcast for a bit.

1561
01:17:22,240 --> 01:17:26,000
We appreciate everybody for listening and we hope you have a good rest of your day.

1562
01:17:26,000 --> 01:17:27,000
Bye.

1563
01:17:27,000 --> 01:17:28,000
Thanks for having me.

1564
01:17:28,000 --> 01:17:29,000
You can't need to be back every time.

1565
01:17:29,000 --> 01:17:36,000
I'm sorry.

1566
01:17:36,000 --> 01:17:45,000
I'm sorry.

1567
01:17:45,000 --> 01:17:55,000
I'm sorry.

1568
01:17:55,000 --> 01:18:02,000
I'm sorry.